| Deposit ID | 10045332 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233037 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Drew Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Bugg and Drew, Farnham and Drew, Red Devils |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.92733, 38.38104 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2438 |
| Relative position | ABOUT A MILE EAST OF THE MINA DEVELOPMEMNT CO. MINE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bettles Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 006N | 036E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bindheimite | Gangue |
| Calamine | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sphalerite | Gangue |
| Stibiconite | Gangue |
| Result | SOME ORE CARRIED 18% HG, 28% PB, 44 OZ AG, AND 1 OZ AU PER TON |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Dunlap Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Dunlap Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -117.92733, 38.38104 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Cinnabar Canyon And Los Steers Thrust Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1914 |
| Discoverer | H. Farnham And Al Drew |
| District name | Pilot Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mina Development Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Wagoner, Mrs. E. Drew |
| Home office | Mina, Nevada |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 57.91M |
| Overall depth | 21.34M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233037 |
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. UNIV. BULL., V. 38, NO. 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 41.
PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P 160-62.
VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUS. MINES INF. CTR. 6941.
PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P. 146.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SCARLET, EARTHY CINNABAR IN LIMY SHALE AND LIMESTONE; THE ORE IS IN REPLACEMENT BODIES AND ALSO CONTAINS STIBICONITE, VALENTINITE, QUARTZ, CALCITE, SPHALERITE, CALAMINE AND BINDHEIMITE. |
| Deposit | PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1981 | Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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