| Deposit ID | 10040481 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055285 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Crawford Prospect |
| Related records | 10150006 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.15403, 40.12018 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1341 |
| Relative position | 1/4 MI E OF MONTGOMERY MINE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buena Vista Hills North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 26N | 34E | 15 | 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 | Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata | ||||
| Rock description | Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -118.15403, 40.12018 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw Structural Trend, Shear Zone |
| General form | DISSEMINATED |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Production years | TO 1940 |
| District name | Antelope Springs |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Southworth Co. |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Length | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055285 |
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41.
HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM 1C 8252, P. 246
WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.
HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252
USBM UNPUB DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MAJORITY OF DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE IN 1940 AND RECOVERED 1 FLASK OF QUICKSILVER. THE WORKINGS EXPLORE A SHARPLY DOWNFOLDED, AND LOCALLY FAULTED, BED OF BUFF SANDSTONE WHICH IS OVERLAIN AND UNDERLAIN BY CONGLOMERATIC DOLOMITE. THE ORE IS IN BOTH THE SANDSTONE AND OVERLYING DOLOMITE AND IS SIMILAR IN CHARACTER TO THE ORE OF THE MONTGOMERY MINE WHICH EXPLORES THE SAME "HORIZON" FARTHER TO THE WEST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | A BED OF BUFF SANDSTONE, SHARPLY DOWNFOLDED AND LOCALLY FAULTED, IS OVERLAIN AND UNDERLAIN BY CONGLOMERATIC DOLOMITE. THE ORE OCCURS IN SANDSTONE AND OVERLYING DOLOMITE. |
| 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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