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Mcnutt Mercury Prospect

Occurrence in Esmeralda 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046901
MRDS ID M242128
Record type Site
Current site name Mcnutt Mercury Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20677, 37.83827 (WGS84)
Elevation 1993
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 034E 21 NE OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF MOUTH OF CHIATOVICH CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20677, 37.83827
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 1

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHAFT ON SOUTH BANK IS COLLARED IN ALLUVIUM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fish Lake Valley (White Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • CIRCULAR, METAL-LINED SHAFT CONNECTS WITH INCLINE, SMALL PIT

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN AUGUST 1982, BUT DRILL CUTTINGS SEEN AT COLLAR OF HOLES DRILLED WITHIN THE PAST YEAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NEV.; N.B.M.G. BULL. 78

  • Deposit

    MILS, 1979, USBM

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, 15 AUGUST 1982.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT TO SOUTH SUNK ON OPALITE LAYER IN SILICIFIED RHYOLITE LACED WITH HAIRLINE, SILICA-FILLED FRACTURES, WITH CINNABAR "PAINT" ALONG SOME FRACTURES. NORTH OF WASH IS AN ELONGATE HILL OF SILICIFIED RHYOLITE OUTCROPS RHYOLITE SHOWS FLOW-BANDING N 30-45 E, NEAR VERTICAL. ROCKS IS INTENSELY SILICIFIED, FE OX-STAINED ALONG FRACTURES, SHOWS SOME STOCKWORKS OF QUARTZ VEINING WITH FINE-GRAINED PYRITE EXPOSED IN SMALL PIT, LEACHED CAVITIES (AFTER FELDSPAR, BIOTITE) CONTAIN GOLDEN-BROWN MINERAL (JAROSITE)?
Deposit EXPOSURES TOO POOR TO DETERMINE TREND OF OPALITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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