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Rogers-Burnison Property

Occurrence in Humboldt 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040445
MRDS ID M055231
Record type Site
Current site name Rogers-Burnison Property
Related records 10246523

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.35488, 41.38294 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Relative position (UNCERTAIN OF EXACT LOCATION)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bottle Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 041N 032E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SLOPE OF BUFF PEAK (?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CINNABAR SAID TO OCCUR AS RICH STRINGERS AND CRYSTALS IN RHYOLITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification (Opalite)?

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.35488, 41.38294
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • CINNABAR IS FOUND IN RICH NARROW STRINGERS AND AS WIDESPREAD DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS IN THE RHYOLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Mining district

District name Bottle Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 9.14M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFTS, TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, UNIV. OF NEV. BULL. VOL. 38, NO. 5, GEOL & MIN. SER. NO 41: QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRINGERS AND DISSEMINATIONS
Deposit DISCOVERED ABOUT 1940. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 20-FT. SHAFT WITH 30 FEET OF DRIFTS, A 40-FT SHAFT, AND SURFACE TRENCHES. THE PROPERTY WAS STILL IN THE PROSPECT STAGES IN 1944. EXACT LOCATION IS UNSURE DUE TO CONFLICTING INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1981 Lapointe, D.D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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