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Erway Property

Occurrence in Churchill 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040450
MRDS ID M055239
Record type Site
Current site name Erway Property
Related records 10294746

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.99266, 39.80073 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 18 MILES EAST OF FERMEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Desert Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N;022N 027E;026E 06;;01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 MILE SE OF US HIGHWAY 40 AND 1/2 MILE EAST OF FERMEY HOT SPRINGS. (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN). REPORTED SECTIONS ARE ESTIMATES. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Sulfur Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillization

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.99266, 39.80073
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Active Hot Springs Vent

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEST SHOWINGS OF CINNABAR WERE AROUND AN ACTIVE HOT SPRINGS VENT THAT WAS APPARENTLY ONCE DRILLED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Discoverer G.W. Erway

Mining district

District name Leete District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George W. Erway
    Home office Grass Valley, Ca..

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILY,E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. V.38, NO.5; GEOL. AND MIN. SER. NO. 41.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOL.URVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN AND SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PAINTY CINNABAR WITH GYPSUM, SULFUR IN ARGILLIZED SILICIFIED TUFF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-94 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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