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Franklin-Keeney Property

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088617
MRDS ID M055234
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin-Keeney Property
Alternate or previous names Franklin - Keene
Related records 10222421

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.41849, 41.39794 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Creek Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(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 041N 032E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MILE WNW OF NIEBUHR MINE; N. SLOPE BUFF PEAK.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BOTTLE CREEK (1961) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification (Opalite)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.41849, 41.39794
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 10.67M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Gouge Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer C. Franklin
Year of first production 1945

Mining district

District name Bottle Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • LAST OPERATED 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7.62M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL 38, NO. 5; GEOL & MIN. SER. NO. 41

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Production

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Deposit 6 CLAIMS, DISCOVERED IN 1940 BY C. FRANKLIN. THE PROPERTY HAS UNDER-GONE SPORADIC DEVELOPMENT SINCE ITS DISCOVERY, WITH NO PRODUCTION. DEVELOPMENT IS REPORTED TO BE A 50-FT SHAFT WITH 25-FT DRIFT TO E. AND SHORTER DRIFT TO THE W. ON THE 30-FT LEVEL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Lapointe, D. D. U.S. Geological Survey

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