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Riek Property

Prospect in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Sulfur
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  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 10046903
MRDS ID M242130
Record type Site
Current site name Riek Property
Alternate or previous names Fl Claims, Lake Mercury Placer, L.A. Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.04955, 37.86133 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 3 AIRMILES N 30 E FROM CHIATOVICH RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of Davis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 001S 035E 13,14,11,12 NE OF NE OF NE (14); NW OF NW OF NW (13); SE (11); SW (12) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MILES NNE OF THE CHIATOVICH RANCH. NEW CLAIM BLOCK COVERS OLD MINE AREA; PVC POSTS MARKED "FL" CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Sulfur Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Iron Gangue
Sulfur Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike FLAT-LYING; N 30 E; N 80 E
    Dip NONE; 90; 60 SE
  • General form BLANKET
    Strike FLAT-LYING; N 30 E; N 80 E
    Dip NONE; 90; 60 SE
  • General form BLANKET
    Strike FLAT-LYING; N 30 E; N 80 E
    Dip NONE; 90; 60 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures; Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • SINTER BLANKET EXPOSED IN NEW MUD PIT; MOISTURE SEEPING FROM SINTER IS FE-OXIDE-STAINED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Fish Lake Valley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Mercury Co. (1940'S)
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. G. Weather Ford And Carl Riek Of Coaldale
    First year 1943

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.809HA
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 40-FT. SHAFTS, A SHORT COMBINED ADIT AND STOPE, AND SEVERAL TRENCHES SCATTERD OVER ABOUT 2 ACRES CASED, CAPPED WELL, N 10 IN DIAMETER

Comments on development

  • RELOCATED IN 1937. IN MAY, 1940, THE PROPERTY WAS LEASED TO THE WESTERN MERCURY CO. WHO DID LITTLE WORK, AND THE PROPERTY WAS IDLE IN 1940, GEOTHERMAL WELL RECENTLY DRILLED AT SITE; WELL CAPPED, VALVE INSTALLED (1982)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEV; N.B.M.G. BULL 78.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICK SILVER IN NEVADA; UNIV. NEV. BULL. 38 NO. 5; GEOL & MIN. SER. NO. 41, P 77.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 15 AUGUST 1982.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR IS DISSEMINATED IN SMALL AMOUNTS IN THE TUFF AND FILLS TINY SEAMS AND FRACTURES IN THE SULFUR. SULFUR OCCURS AS SMALL BLEBS, IRREGULAR STRINGERS AND BLANKETS FILLING OPEN SPACES AND FRACTURES IN THE TUFF. SHEAR ZONE CUTS LITHIC-RICH, NON-WELDED TUFF, RUBBLE, HOT SPRINGS CONDUIT ALONG SHEAR, FE OX STAINING, CINNABAR PAINT, STREAKS AND BANDS OF NATIVE SULFUR. STRUCTURES HAVE THICK BANDS OF WHITE SILICA ALONG THEM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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