| Deposit ID | 10040580 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055405 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wootan Prospect |
| Related records | 10149522 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.69902, 40.37684 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1512 |
| Relative position | APPROXIMATELY 46 MILES SOUTH OF WINNEMUCCA ON EAST SIDE OF PLEASANT VALLEY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Goldbanks Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(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)
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 | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 029N | 038E | 22 | SE OF NW | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Result | 2 SAMPLES TAKEN BY THE USBM ASSAYED LESS THAN 0.1 LB/TON HG, AND A SPECIMEN OF BETTER ORE WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN A LITTLE LESS THAN 1 LB/TON HG. |
|---|
| Model code | 104 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Au-Ag |
| Mark3 model number | 45 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Natchez Pass;Natchez Pass |
| Rock description | Natchez Pass;Natchez Pass |
| (1) | Golconda Terrane - Basinal, volcanogenic, terrigenous clastic, and minor carbonate rocks |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1941 |
| Discoverer | Dan Wootan |
| District name | Goldbanks District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 36.58M |
| Overall depth | 21.34M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055405 |
BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J., AND JES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG (TINGLEY) FILES.
HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 274.
BENSON, W.T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON: USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 5285, P. 50
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CINNABAR OCCURS IN FRACTURES IN THE LIMESTONE AND SHALE. |
| Deposit | THIS SITE IS NOT THE SAME AS JACKPOT CLAIM (MRDS M060495), AS WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. JACKPOT CLAIM IS LOCATED SOUTH OF OF WOOTAN PROSPECT, AS INDICATED IN UNPUBLISHED TINGLEY (NBMG) FILES AND MAP. THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH MRDS M242753, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1985 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1993 | Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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