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Unnamed Mines Or Quarries

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Sulfur, Silica
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10095483
MRDS ID M055412
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mines Or Quarries
Related records 10296448

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.01679, 40.04823 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Relative position 1 MI. WSW OF GREEN GOLD MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornish Peak(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 025N 035E 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SW/4 SW/4 SEC. 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Sulfur Primary
Silica Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.01679, 40.04823
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Normal Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Normal Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • POSSIBLY HOT SPRINGS DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Table Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALLACE ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO QUAD, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA; USGS MAP GQ-821

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POSSIBLY HOT SPRINGS DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH A NORMAL FAULT
Deposit POSSIBLY HOT SPRINGS DEPOSITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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