| Deposit ID | 10040531 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055346 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Holt Property |
| Alternate or previous names | Red Hope, Bronco, Xx, and Xxx Claims, Ralph Holt Halt, Reed., Little Mike |
| Related records | 10281267 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.47097, 41.39656 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1554 |
| Relative position | 33 MILES NNE OF WINNEMUCCA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Little Poverty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Little Humboldt(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 041N | 041E | 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 | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert |
| Rock unit name | Pumpernickel Formation;Havallah Formation |
| Rock description | Pumpernickel Formation;Havallah Formation |
| (1) | -117.47097, 41.39656 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Folds, Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | STEEP |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1944 |
| District name | Poverty Peak District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ralph Holt Domingo Aranguena |
| First year | 1944 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 76.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055346 |
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59
BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38 NO. 5; GEOL. MIN. SER. NO. 5.
BENSON, W.T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR CO., ORE: U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 5285.
BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ROCKS ARE CUT BY NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS. CINNABAR CRYSTALS UP TO 0.5 CM OCCUR IN THE VEINS AND FRACTUR-ES. A LARGE QUARTZ VEIN, ABOUT 0.5 M WIDE, HAS DIFFUSE BOUNDAR-IES AND ABUNDANT CINNABAR CRYSTALS DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE- VEIN. THE 30-FT ADIT EXPLORES SILICIFIED LIMESTONE CUT BY NUM-EROUS QUARTZ VEINLETS. NO VISIBLE CINNABAR WAS NOTED IN THE AD-IT. |
| Deposit | 250-FT-LONG ADIT DRIVEN ACROSS STRIKE OF STEEPLY-DIPPING THIN-BEDDED CHERT. OWNED BY RALPH HOLT IN 1944. 4 CLAIMS DEVELOPED ALSO BY 2 SHAFTS AND 6 TRENCHES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1974 | Bergquist, Joel R. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1986 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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