| Deposit ID | 10045438 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233172 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lou Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Murphy Lease, Costa, Red Cap ? |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.84205, 38.59631 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 3 MI. NE OF SIMON; 1 MI. S OF WARRIOR GROUP |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Simon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Gabbs Valley(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 | 009N | 037E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Pre-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks |
| Rock description | Pre-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Pre-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks |
| Rock description | Pre-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks |
| (1) | -117.84205, 38.59631 |
|---|
| Strike | N-TRENDING FAULT |
|---|---|
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1939 |
| Discoverer | J Costa |
| District name | Bell District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. Costa |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 45.72M |
| Overall depth | 22.56M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233172 |
ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL.58
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 41
YORK, BERNARD; 1937, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE JOE COSTA QUICKSILVER PROPERTY
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CINNABAR OCCURS ALONG A VERTICAL NORTH TRENDING FAULT. PYRITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS WERE MINED FOR GOLD IN THE PAST. CINNABAR OCCURRED IN SMALL BUNCHES, WIDELY SCATTERED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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