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Mercury Prospect

Occurrence in Nye 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095485
MRDS ID M055431
Record type Site
Current site name Mercury Prospect
Related records 10281558

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.85733, 38.9627 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1 MI S OF ELLSWORTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellsworth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 030E 30 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Alteration Of Rhyolite.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.85733, 38.9627
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ellsworth District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. F. Browder
    Home office Fallon, Nv.
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT "GRASS-ROOT"ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V. E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 50

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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