| Deposit ID | 10040543 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055361 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rick Property |
| Alternate or previous names | Riek Property, Reik - George Property |
| Related records | 10271416 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.04955, 37.86077 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1561 |
| Relative position | 10 MI E OF ROCK HILL STATION; 19 MI NE OF COALDALE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Esmeralda(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
East of Davis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 | Esmeralda |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 001S | 035E | 11,13,14 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Sulfur | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| (1) | Alluvium, undifferentiated |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Flat - Lying Volcanic Rocks |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Fish Lake Valley District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. G. Weatherford And Carl Riek |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055361 |
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
SULLIVAN, 1961, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61
ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78
5) HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252
USBM UNPUB DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CINNABAR IN VEINS IN BLEBS AND STRINGERS OF SULFUR |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1975 | Gassaway, Judith S. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1981 | Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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