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Quicksilver Jim 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046441
MRDS ID M241601
Record type Site
Current site name Quicksilver Jim Claims
Alternate or previous names Quicksilver Jim Nos. 1-7 and Mercury Nos. 1-3 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.53028, 37.63497 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 1.75 MILES NW OF LINCOLN CO. HOSPITAL AT CALIENTE, 1500 M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chief Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(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)

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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S;003S;004S;004S 066E;067E;066E;067E 36;31;01;06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.53028, 37.63497
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1967
Discoverer James, Mary C., And Mary L. Bradshaw

Mining district

District name Chief District (Closest District) Caliente Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, UNPUBLISHED NBMG MANUSCRIPT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS WERE TAKEN UP CHIEFLY ON THE BASIS OF POSITIVE RESULTS FROM VERY SENSITIVE UV-FLUORESCENT SCREEN TEST AND WERE LATER FOUND TO CONTAIN ONLY MINOR AMOUNTS OF HG.
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 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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