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Painted Hills Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047507
MRDS ID M242867
Record type Site
Current site name Painted Hills Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2979

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.8624, 41.80931 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alder Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 027E 26 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST EDGE OF MCGEE MOUNTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2979 CONTAINS 1 % FE, 0.02 % MG, 0.2 % CA, 0.15 % TI, 50 PPM MN, 50 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 15 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 5 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, AND 200 PPM ZR.

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.8624, 41.80931
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warm Springs District; Virgin Valley Disrtict

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS AND LARGE DOZER CUTS.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984. MAY HAVE HAD A SIZEABLE PAST PRODUCTION JUDGING FROM THE SIZE OF THE WORKINGS. SUPPLIED MERCURY TO THE ASHDOWN MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1 OCT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL. 59, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGHLY ALTERED, IRON-STAINED (RED OCHER) TUFF. SOME CHALCEDONIC MATERIAL APPEARED TO HAVE MERCURY INCLUSIONS. SAMPLE 2979 WAS SELECTED FROM OPEN CUTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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