| Deposit ID | 10040462 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055256 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Taylor-Braach Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | White Horse District |
| Related records | 10296260 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.49294, 39.55657 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1387 |
| Relative position | 1 MI SOUTH OF CLARK STATION |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Storey(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Derby Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Truckee(hydrologic unit)
Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Storey |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 020N | 022E | 35 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -119.49294, 39.55657 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1931 |
| Discoverer | Fred Branch And Clyde Taylor |
| Production years | 1940-1941 |
| District name | Castle Peak District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 60.96M |
| Overall depth | 16.46M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055256 |
BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG. BULL. 41
LAWRENCE AND WILSON, 1962, MERCURY OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG MAP 7. ONE MILLION SCALE SET.
LAWRENCE AND WILSON
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 2 54-FT INCLINED SHAFT, 200 FT OF DRIFTS ON THE 32-FT LEVEL, AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND PITS. CINNABAR OCCURS AS DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS AND NARROW STRINGERS IN ARGILLIZED AND LOCALLY SILICIFIED ANDESITE TUFF AND BRECCIA DISCOVERED IN 1931 BY FRED BRANCH AND CLYDE TAYLOR. PRODUCTION WAS FROM 1940 TO 1941, 1 TO 10 FLASKS HG. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1975 | Gassaway, Judith S. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1980 | Flynn, Patricia D. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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