Fallini Pros.

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046444
MRDS ID M241605
Record type Site
Current site name Fallini Pros.
Alternate or previous names Mercury No. 1 and No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.92477, 37.78412 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position SHORT DISTANCE NORTH OF BLACK HAWK MINE., Within 1/2 Mile Exact Location Not Stated.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Top(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 02S 53E 13;12 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.92477, 37.78412

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Hawk

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H. & PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER OF NEVADA, NBMG, BULL 41, P. 154

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPEMENT WORK IS SAID TO HAVE EXPOSED SCATTERED SHOWINGS OF CINNABAR IN LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-83 Lyles, B.F. (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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.