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Unnamed Mercury

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044669
MRDS ID M232225
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mercury

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.48982, 40.58047 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI SW OF BEOWAVEE

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 049E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW/4 NE/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicilization Along Shear Zones

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.48982, 40.58047
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • CINNABAR ALONG FAULT TRACE IN SILICIFIED VALMY FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beowawe District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J. ETAL (1967 GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B.M. BULL. 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 172, REFERENCE NO. 3201100 177

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, P. 99

  • Deposit

    CRIB FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONE CONTAINING CINNABAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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