Mc Crillis Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver, Lead
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047423
MRDS ID M242725
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Crillis Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.1568, 40.46683 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 2 MILES NW OF UNIONVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 034E 16 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON S. SIDE OF CONGRESS CANYON, IN SADDLE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES TAKEN BY DAVE MCCRILLIS ASSAYED 2% SB, 0.06 OZ/T AU, 1.52 OZ/T AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Prida
    Rock description Prida

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.1568, 40.46683

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unionville District; Buena Vista District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dave Mccrillis
    First year 1963

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT

Comments on development

  • NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, NBMG BULL 61, P. 197.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF UNIONVILLE DISTRICT.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 1-2-IN VEIN CONTAINS CALCITE AND QUARTZ, MINOR GALENA AND-YELLOWSB OXIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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