Storm Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047475
MRDS ID M242831
Record type Site
Current site name Storm Prospect
Alternate or previous names Wagon Wheel Claims, Storm Property, Storm Location

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.87707, 40.08434 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Est +/-500 M

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Logan Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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 026N 036E 36;25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 30 MILES EAST OF LOVELOCK, SOUTH SIDE FENCEMAKER CANYON; 1/2/ MILE SOUTH AT FENCEMAKER CANYON ROAD. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer Tim Smith, Ren Amat, Bob Beko

Mining district

District name Table Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25-FT SHAFT AND 3 SHALLOW TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • BY THE END OF 1943 DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF A 25-FOOT SHAFT AND 3 SHALLOW TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUB DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN USBM IC 8252

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS EXPLORE A ZONE OF ALTERATION AND SHEARING THAT CUTS LIMESTONE AND SHALE. CINNABAR OCCURS IN VEINS IN THE LIMESTONE EXPOSED IN THE WALLS OF THE SHAFT AND IN A NEARBY TRENCH.
Deposit THIS RECORD IS AN UPDATED VERSION WHICH CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM M055262 THAT WAS DELETED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-74 Bergquist, Joel R. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-87 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUN-91 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-94 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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