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Unnamed Mercury Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040589
MRDS ID M055416
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mercury Prospect
Related records 10247253

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.17958, 40.13712 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 1/4 MI. NE PERSHING QUICKSILVER MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 034E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE/4 SEC. 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Formation
    Rock description Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.17958, 40.13712
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S Normal Faults; Overturned Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAME BED AS MINED AT PERSHING QUICKSILVER MINE ; GEOL.DESC: SAME BED AS MINED AT PERSHING (QUICKSILVER MINE)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antelope Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 25-FT SHAFT WITH SHORT DRIFT AT BOTTOM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH, SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1955-1961; V.1, SO. PACIFICO., SAN FRANCISCO

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.

  • Deposit

    WALLACE ET AL., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF BUFFALO MTN. QUAD., PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, VADA, USGS MAP GQ-821

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAME BED AS MINED AT PERSHING QUICKSILVER MINE
Deposit 25 FOOT SHAFT WITH SHORT DRIFT AT BOTTOM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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