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Mariposa Prospect

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040506
MRDS ID M055313
Record type Site
Current site name Mariposa Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mariposa Canyon Prospect
Related records 10150510

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.02953, 38.65299 (WGS84)
Elevation 2646
Relative position 6 MI SE OF ROUND MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Round Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 044E 09 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED; LOCATION TO CENTER SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Barite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.02953, 38.65299
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 39 E
    Dip 71 SE
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years TO 1940

Mining district

District name Round Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. W. Chapman

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VERY SMALL RESERVES

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 45 FT ADIT WITH A SHORT RAISE TO THE SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 136.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 256.

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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