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Unnamed Occurence

Occurrence in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040566
MRDS ID M055388
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurence
Related records 10149164

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.48982, 40.58047 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Relative position 1 MI SW OF BEOWAWE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beowawe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 31N 49E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW/4 NE/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.48982, 40.58047
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COVERED BY ALLUVIUM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beowawe District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY... NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH - SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955 - 1961: VOL. 1, SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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