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Inman Mine

Past Producer in Mineral 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045337
MRDS ID M233043
Record type Site
Current site name Inman Mine
Alternate or previous names Summit Springs, Crystal Quick, Red Wing Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.93344, 38.35882 (WGS84)
Elevation 2423

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eddyville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 036E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTHEAST FLANK OF THE PILOT MOUNTAINS; 16.8 MI SOUTH FROM MINA ON THE OLD TONOPAH RD. TO SUMMIT SPRINGS-FIRST TURNING TO E POST SUMMIT SPRINGS LEADS 4.4 MI TO MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Excelsior Formation
    Rock description Excelsior Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.93344, 38.35882
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, DISSEMINATED
    Strike NE
    Dip 70 DEG SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE COUNTRY ROCKS AREBROKEN IRON-STAINED CHERT AND CHERT CONGLOMERATE THAT STRIKE NE AND DIP 40 DEG SW. THE BEDDING PLANES ARE LOCALLY SHEARED AND CONTAIN GOUGEAND OCCASIONALLY CINNABAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer Carl Peik, Ed Messenger

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Inman, Tonopah, Nevada

Comments on the production information

  • PROPERTY WORKED BY LESSORS IN 1942; PRODUCTION UNKNOWN. PRODUCTION FIGURES INCLUDE BETTY MINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • 750 FT OF DRIFTS, CORSSCUTS AND STOPES FOLLOW A FAULT. POCKETS OF RICH CINNABAR ORE HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERED ABOVE THE MAIN DRIFT BY MEANS OF ABOUT 120 FT OF STOPING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, I.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D., P.143-171.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX D.A., 19448 QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 38, NO5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO.41.

  • Production

    PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, I.B., 1952, P.146

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF A GROUP OF 16 CLAIMS CALLED THE RED WING GROUP; IT FORMERLY INCLUDED THE PRESENT BETTY MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THE WORKINGS FOLLOW A FAULT THAT TRENDS NE AND DIPS ABOUT 70 DEGREES SE. POCKETSOF RICH CINNABAR ORE HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERED IN EXPLORING ALONG THIS FAULT, ABOVE THE MAIN DRIFT. CINNABAR OCCURS IN BEDDING PLANES ADJACENT TO THE FAULT AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, IN HIGH-GRADE CRYSTALLINE PODS ALONG THE FAULT. ABOUT 250 FT TO THE EAST, A SMALL ADIT AND STOPE EXPLORE QUARTERNARY GRAVELS CONTAINING SMALL CINNABAR NUGGETS CONCENTRATED ON CHERT BEDROCK.

Reporter information

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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