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Victory Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040464
MRDS ID M055263
Record type Site
Current site name Victory Prospect
Alternate or previous names Victory Property
Related records 10222773

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.87596, 40.09296 (WGS84)
Elevation 1542
Relative position 30 MI E OF LOVELOCK, N OF FENCEMAKER CYN ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Logan Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 036E 25 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Analytical data

Result SOME ROCK IS GOOD RETORT GRADE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.87596, 40.09296
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone-Shale Shear Contact

Ore body information

  • Strike N 18 W
    Dip 74 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THREE 10 FT SHAFTS EXPLORE 3 DIFFERENT STRUCTURES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943

Mining district

District name Stillwater (Table Mtn) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joaquin Aberness And Others

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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