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Unnamed Occurrence

Past Producer in Carson City 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040591
MRDS ID M055421
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.6585, 39.18629 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Relative position 5 MI SW OF DAYTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Empire(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 021E 07,08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CARSON RIVER - BELOW SANTIAGO MILL, LOCATION TO COMMON CORNER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.6585, 39.18629
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Comstock Lode

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1895

Mining district

District name Carson City District

Comments on the production information

  • OVERTON INDICATES LARGE PRODUCTION IN 1895

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OVERTON, 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, AND WASHOE COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 46

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HG FROM AMALGAM TAILINGS (COMSTOCK MINE)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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