| Deposit ID | 10040535 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055352 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Canyon Creek Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Canyon Creek, Shoshone |
| Related records | 10173954, 10197769 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.64848, 41.78044 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1533 |
| Relative position | 13 MILES S. OF MCDERMITT |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
South of McDermitt(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 045N;045N | 039E | 18 | SW | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Iron | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE YIELDED TRACES AU, AND 0.01-0.04 OZ/TON AG |
|---|
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -117.64848, 41.78044 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shear Zone |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N15E |
| Dip | STEEPLY EAST |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1929 |
| District name | National District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dr. Brooks, Ed Hicks |
| First year | 1929 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. P. Atkinson, H. Bretchel, C. V. Gutches |
| First year | 1929 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 48.77M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055352 |
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICK SILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. UNIV. BULL. VOL 38 NO. 5; MIN SER. NO. 41.
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.
HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252
BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
HOLMES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WORKINGS EXPLORE A HIGHLY ALTERED DIABASE DIKE. WALLROCKS ARE FINE-GRAINED, ALTERED AND SILICIFIED SEDIMENTARY ROC-KS. CRYSTALLINE CINNABAR AND CHALCEDONY COAT PYRITE IN A NARRO-W BRECCIATED ZONE IN THE DIKE. |
| Deposit | IN 1929, THE CLAIM WAS OWNED BY J.P. ATKINSON, H. BRETCHEL, AND C.V. GUTCHES, AND LEASED TO DR. BROOKS AND E.D. HICKS, BUT IT WAS IDLE IN 1943. THERE MAINS OF A RETORT AND A SMALL CALCINE DUMP INDICATE A FEW FLASKS OF PRODUCTION FROM THE PROPERTY. WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 70-FT ADITS CONNECTED BY A 20-FT RAISE. STRONG HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN THE AREA WARRANTS ADDITIONAL MERCURY EXPLORATION ; 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-FEB-1986 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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