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S and J Mine

Producer 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040478
MRDS ID M055281
Record type Site
Current site name S and J Mine
Alternate or previous names Muller Mine, Hard Luck Mine
Related records 10222064, 10295734

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.17569, 40.16073 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Relative position 1/4 MI SE OF JUNIPER MINE

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 27N 34E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1/4 MI. SE OF JUNIPER MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Replacement

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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata
    Rock description Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.17569, 40.16073
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Relief Fault (Thrust); Nw Normal Faults; Over Turned Anticlinorium.

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES, DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Below Shale Which "Capped" Ore At Juniper Mine.

Comments on the geologic information

  • CINNABAR OCCURS AS DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS IN THE DOLOMITE CONGLOMERATE AND IN BUNCHES IN CALCITE STRINGERS ALONG CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1931
Production years 1943-1944, 1955-1959

Mining district

District name Antelope Springs

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hugo Miller

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period To 1957
    Material HG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 4517g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • TO 1957; 10 LB/TON

Comments on the workings information

  • A LONG ADIT AND CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • FIRST DEVELOPED IN 1932. PRODUCTION YEARS-1943-44, 1955-59. A TWO-PIPE RETORT WAS OPERATED IN 1943.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252, P. 247

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOST ROCK IS FLAT-LYING CONGLOMERATIC DOLOMITE UNDERLAIN BY LIMESTONE. CINNABAR OCCURS A DISCEMINATED CRYSTALS IN THE DOLOMITE CONGLOMERATE AND IN BUNCHES IN CALCITE STRINGERS ALONG THE CONTACT.
Deposit DISCOVERED ABOUT 1931, FIRST DEVELOPED IN 1932, PRODUCTION YEARS-1943-1944, 1955-59. 2-PIPE RETORT WAS OPERATED IN 1943. ROCKS IN MINE AREA INCLUDE A FLAT-DIPPING LIMESTONE BED OVERLAIN BY CONGLOMERATIC DOLOMITE. THE MAIN WORKINGS CONSIST OF A LONG ADIT AND CROSSCUT EXPLORATION OF THE DOLOMITE CONGLOMERATE CLOSE TO THE CONTACT WITH THE OVERLYING SHALE THAT "COPPED" THE OLE AT THE JUNIPER MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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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