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Hand-Me-Down Creek

Occurrence in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity Sulfur
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10044721
MRDS ID M232296
Record type Site
Current site name Hand-Me-Down Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.43148, 40.30824 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hand-me-down Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(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)

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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 049E 10 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore
Gypsum Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Duff Creek Chonolith
    Rock description Duff Creek Chonolith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Duff Creek Chonolith
    Rock description Duff Creek Chonolith

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone Provides Channelway For Hot Springs

Comments on the geologic information

  • WARM SULFEROUS SPRINGS ISSUE FROM TOW OPEN CUTS ALONG THE CRESCENT FAULT. BOTH ARE IN A GOUGE ZONE OF ALTERRED LOWER CRET. PLUTONIC ROCK. MOIST EUHEDRAL CRYSTALS OF SULFUR AND GYPSUM GROW IN CAVITIES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Modarelli-Frenchie Creek Districts

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J. ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 68, REFERENCE NO 3201100055

  • Deposit

    MUFFLER L.J. (1964) GEOLOGY OF THE FRENCHIE CREEK QUADRANGLE, NEV. USGS BULL 1179

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONE; GOUGE ZONE AA CHANNEL FOR WARM SULFUROUS SPRING.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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