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Montezuma Prospect Hg

Occurrence in Esmeralda 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046824
MRDS ID M242039
Record type Site
Current site name Montezuma Prospect Hg
Alternate or previous names Mr Claims, NBMG Sample Site 1375, Sweeny Mine?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.40509, 37.67105 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
Relative position ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF GOLDFIELD, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Split Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 041E 21,16,17 NW OF NW (21); SW OF SW (16) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SIDE OF MONTEZUMA PEAK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Tuffs And Lake Beds, Forming A Rib Of Opalite, Hydrothermal

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Eldorado Limestone, Deep Springs
    Rock description Eldorado Limestone, Deep Springs

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.40509, 37.67105
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 30 S
    Length 137.16M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Striking N 60 W Dipping 30 S; Brecciated Zone Along Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1928
Discoverer J.P. Sweeney And Frank Mcmillan

Mining district

District name Montezuma District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Mcmillan And The Estate Of J. P. Sweeney ; Energy Resources Group
    First year 1944

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 108.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 180-FT. ADIT WITH 175 FT. OF CONNECTING DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS; A FEW SCATTERED CUTS AND A SHAFT; SMALL OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • 6 CLAIMS, DEVELOPED BY SWEENEY AND MCMILLAN AND VARIOUS LESSEES, BUT NOT ENOUGH ORE WAS FOUND TO JUSTIFY ERECTION OF REDUCTION EQUIPMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38, NO. 5; GEOL. & MIN. SER. NO. 41, P. 76-77

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 78, P. 58, 70.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 12 MAY, 83.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, USBM IC 8252.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUFFS AND LAKE BEDS ARE SILICIFIED ALONG HANGING WALL OF FAULT (CAMBRIAN EL DORADO LIMESTONE FAULTED AGAINST MIOCENE VOLCANOGENIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS) TO FORM AN OPALITE RIB IN WHICH CINNABAR IS DISSEMINATED. CINNABAR ALSO OCCURS IN THE UNSILICIFIED TUFF BEDS BUT IS MOST CONCENTRATED IN THE OPALITE NEAR THE FAULTED CONTACT WITH THE LIMESTONE. CINNABAR IS FOUND IN BRECCIA PIPES AND IN AN IRREGULAR SILICIFIED RUBBLE ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1990 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

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