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Rossi Property

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040446
MRDS ID M055232
Record type Site
Current site name Rossi Property
Related records 10173811

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.53481, 40.13908 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Relative position 53 MI S OF BEOWAWE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cortez(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 26N 48E 10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP; LOCATION TO CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.53481, 40.13908
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FLAT LYING SANDSTONE UNDERLAIN BY SHALE AND OVERLAIN BY 15 FT ALTERED FE STAINED OVERBURDEN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cortez District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rossi, Tony

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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