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Montezuma 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040453
MRDS ID M055245
Record type Site
Current site name Montezuma Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sweeny Mine ?
Related records 10197375

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.40648, 37.67161 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 3.8 MILES SE OF SPLIT MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Split Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 041E 17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification (Opalite)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.40648, 37.67161
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault (N60w, 30sw)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 30 S
    Length 137.16M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N 60 W Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • CAMBRIAN EL DORADO LIMESTONE FAULTED AGAINST MIOCENE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. CINNABAR OCCURS IN RIBS OF OPALITIC MATERIAL, BRECCIA PIPES, AND IRREGULAR SILICIFIED RUBBLE ZONE. ; GEOL.DESC: CAMBRIAN ELDORADO LIMESTONE FAULTED AGAINST MIOCENE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Montezuma District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kollsman Mineral And Chemical Corp.

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

  • Production

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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