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Mercury 1-3 Claims

Occurrence in Lincoln 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046387
MRDS ID M241536
Record type Site
Current site name Mercury 1-3 Claims
Related records 10232579

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.56361, 37.45803 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position IN MEADOW VALLEY WASH DRAINAGE., To Adit Shown On Topo 1.5 Mile N Of Boyd

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elgin NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S;006S 066E;066E 35;02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF THE WEST SWITCH AT BOYD ON THE U.P.R.R.. EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. LOCATION IS POSSIBLY THAT OF ADITS SHOWN ON ELGIN NE QUADRANGLE MAP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.56361, 37.45803
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1965
Discoverer James Bradshaw

Mining district

District name Viola District (Nearest District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Bradshaw
    First year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT-NBMG

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR SHOW OF CINNABAR IN FRACTURED, LOCALLY ALTERED, IRON-STAINED VOLCANIC ROCKS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1960'S?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-84 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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