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Picture Rock Claim

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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046909
MRDS ID M242136
Record type Site
Current site name Picture Rock Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.23177, 37.84911 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position ABOUT 0.8 AIRMILE S50E FROM RED ROCK MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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 034E 18 E2 OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST NW OF MONTANA CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Limestone

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.23177, 37.84911
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N20e Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1947

Mining district

District name Fish Lake Valley (White Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS

Comments on development

  • NOTICE WITH "PICTURE ROCK" NAME IS DATED 1947. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN AUG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UPPER ADIT FOLLOWS THIN BANDED QUARTZ VEINS CUTTING SILICIFIED LIMESTONE (DIPPING 30NW). SOME WEAK FE OXSTAINING, MNO SPOTS. N20E FAULT I CUT AT PORTAL OF ADIT. ADIT CUTS N30E BANDED VEIN NEAR PORTAL WITH 1.5FT OF RED JASPER IN STREAKS ALONG THE CENTER. LOWER ADIT DUMP HAS BRECCIATED VEIN MATERIAL WITH SULFIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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