Berry Creek Group

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045533
MRDS ID M233300
Record type Site
Current site name Berry Creek Group
Alternate or previous names Liquid Metals

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.2951, 41.29018 (WGS84)
Relative position THREE MILES WEST OF TUSCARORA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Blitzen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039N 051E 37 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.2951, 41.29018

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N32E
    Dip 70SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • A SHEAR ZONE IN ALTERRED ANDESITE CONTAINS VEINS OF CINNABAR UP TO AN INCH THICK, AND ALSO DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS AND SMALL VEINLETS OF CINNABAR IN THE WALLROCK. BARITE OCCURRS AS A GANGUE MINERAL. (BAILEY & PHOENIX, 1944)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tuscarora

Comments on development

  • 7 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    BAILEY & PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN/SHEAR ZONE IN ALTERED ANDESITE CONTAINS VEINS OF CINNABAR UP TO AN INCH THICK; ALSO DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS AND SMALL VEINLETS OF CINNABAR IN THE WALLROCK. BARITE OCCURS AS A GANGUE MINERAL.
Deposit THE GROUP OF SEVEN CLAIMS IS ON BERRY CREEK ONE MILE WEST OF ITS JUNCTION W/MCCANN CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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