| Deposit ID | 10040309 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055022 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pershing Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Lovelock Quicksilver, Adamson Property |
| Related records | 10198096 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.16875, 40.13684 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1359 |
| Relative position | 16 MI. E OF LOVELOCK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buffalo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)
Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 26N | 34E | 08,09,16,17 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Mercury | Ore |
| Metacinnabar | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Galena | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sphalerite | Gangue |
| Stibnite | Gangue |
| Result | 4 LB/TON HG |
|---|---|
| Result | YIELD 57 LB HG/FT. |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Diabase Dikes | ||||||
| Rock description | Diabase Dikes | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata-Dolomite |
| Rock description | Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata-Dolomite |
| (1) | -118.16875, 40.13684 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Relief Fault (Thrust) ; Reg.Trends: N 40 W |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nw Normal Fault; Overturned Anticlinorium |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | MODERATE NE |
| Thickness | 4.57M |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1912 |
| Discoverer | Chris Mattevich |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| Production years | 1916-1917, 1928-1930, 1942-1944, 1946 |
| District name | Antelope Springs |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | United Mercury Corp. |
| First year | 1965 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 5.914HA |
| Length | 2133.6M |
| Overall depth | 76.2M |
| Overall length | 304.8M |
| Overall width | 4.57M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055022 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 164
LAWRENCE, F.C., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 167
HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; USBM 1C 8252, P. 249-250.
USBM UNPUB DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO NARROW ECHELON RIDGES ARE FORMED BY CARBONATES CUT BY DIABASE DIKES. THE STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS CONSIST OF SHALE OVERLAIN BY BLACK SANDSTONE, OVERLAIN BY THIN LAYER OF BUFF SANDSTONE, OVERLAIN BY CONGLOMERATIC DOLOMITE. THE BUFF SANDSTONE LAYER IS FOLLOWED AS A "KEY BED" IN THE UNDERGROUND MINING. MOST OF THE ORE BODIES OCCUR WHERE CINNABAR FILLS NUMEROUS IRREGULAR FRACTURES OR AS DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS IN THE UNBROKEN ROCK. DEPOSITS ARE FOLDED AND FAULTED INTO NW TRENDING RIDGES. SOUTH PART OF AREA-FANGLOMERATE; NORTH PART-BASALTS. |
| Deposit | DISCOVERED IN 1912. MINING BEGAN 1916. PRODUCTION YEARS 1916-17, 1928-30, 1942-44, 1946. THE MINE EXPLORES PARTS OF TWO NARROW NORTH WESTERLY TRENDING ESCHALON RIDGES ABOUT 2 MILES LONG. LARGEST PRODUCER IN DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1973 | Bergquist, Joel R. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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