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Sullivan Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045344
MRDS ID M233051
Record type Site
Current site name Sullivan Prospect
Alternate or previous names Black Lizard Prospect, Sullivan and Cornelius

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.94872, 38.35271 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560

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

  • AT THE HEAD OF DUNLAP CANYON, ABOUT 2 1/2 MI SOUTH OF REWARD MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CRYSTALLINE CINNABAR ONLY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.94872, 38.35271
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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 Small Steep Normal Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Small Steep Normal Faults Cutting Relatively Flat Bedding Shears

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCKS ARE BEDS OF CHERT AND CONGLOMERATE OF THE EXCELSIOR FORMATION THATSTRIKE NW AND DIP 10-40N.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer C.E. Sullivan
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. E. Sullivan And L. V. Cornelius
    Home office Mina, Nevada

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 41.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SERIES OF TRENCHES AND PITS THAT EXTEND IN A NORTHWESTERLY LINE FOR 135 FT.

Comments on development

  • 6 FLASKS WERE PRODUCED DURING DEVELOPMENTAL WORK

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., 19528 QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D., P. 143-1719

  • Production

    PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, IB, 19528 P146

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR OCCURS IN CLAYS IN FLAT BEDDING SHEARS AND CRACKS AND FISSURES IN CHERT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) 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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