| Deposit ID | 10040477 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055279 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Vulture Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Good Spot Prospect, Big V, Vulture Group |
| Related records | 10174854 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.21069, 40.18129 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1439 |
| Relative position | 1 MI NW OF JUNIPER MINE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buffalo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)
Carson(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 27N | 34E | 30 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Dun Glen Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Dun Glen Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -118.21069, 40.18129 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Upper Plate Of Thrust Fault; Over Turned Anticlinorium |
| General form | VEINLET |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Production years | TO 1955 |
| District name | Antelope Springs |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Harold'S Club Mining Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055279 |
HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM 1C 8252
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.
5) BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
USBM UNPUB DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CINNABAR OCCURS IN A FAULT AS SMALL VEINLETS AND CAVITY FILLINGS. FAULT CUTS CONGLOMERATIC DOLOMITE. |
| Deposit | VULTURE GROUP COMPRISES A GROUP OF 3 CLAIMS. EXPLORED DURING 1941-43 BY VARIOUS LESSEES BUT NO PRODUCTION MADE. REMAINED IDLE UNTIL 1954-55 WHEN OPERATIONS PRODUCED A FEW FLASKS OF MERCURY. 2-PIPE RETORT BUILT IN 1943. AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY CONGLOMERATIC DOLOMITE WHICH IS CUT BY A WEAKLY MINERALIZED FAULT. ; 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-OCT-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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