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Beowawe Mine

Past Producer in Eureka 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040542
MRDS ID M055360
Record type Site
Current site name Beowawe Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Devil, Nevada-Mexican
Related records 10197281

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.48815, 40.58352 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Relative position 1/2 MI SW OF BEOWAWE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beowawe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 31N 49E 08,06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SW/4 NW/4 SEC 5 AND SW/4 SE/4 SEC 6, UTM TO SEC. 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.48815, 40.58352
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N15W
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone Cuts Limestone Conglomerate

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ANDESITE MAY HAVE COVERED AREA DURING TIME OF MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Production years TO 1943

Mining district

District name Beowawe District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nevada-Mexico Mining Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES PROBABLY VERY SMALL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH - SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955 - 1961: VOL. 1, SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CA. 94105.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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