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Washington Hill Mine

Occurrence in Storey 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095697
MRDS ID M231196
Record type Site
Current site name Washington Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Rout Mine, Washington Hill Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.64072, 39.46046 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI. SW OF WASHINGTON HILL; 12 MI SE OF SPARKS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steamboat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 021E 05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization, Silicification.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Kate Peak Formation
    Rock description Kate Peak Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.64072, 39.46046
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North-Trending Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN BLEACHED AND ALTERED ANDESITE FLOWS, TUFFS AND BRECCIAS OF THE KATE PEAK FORMATION. CINNABAR OCCURS AS FINE-GRAINED DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS AND IRREGULAR VEINLETS ALONG NORTH-TRENDING FAULTS. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL OPEN PIT, A 200-FT. ADIT, AND NUMEROUS CUTS AND TRENCHES. OPALITE PODS & LENSES ARE APPARENTLY NEARLY BARREN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Mining district

District name Castle Peak

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hank Lufek
    First year 1942

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES COULD PRODUCE 50FL (1942)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT, ADIT, CUTS, TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 70

  • Deposit

    STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J. A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 49

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H. USGS, PERSONAL FILES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORTH TRENDING FAULTS. MINERALIZED FAULT ZONES WITH DISSEMINATIONS AND VEINLETS
Deposit THIS RECORD IS AN UPDATED ONE INCLUDING DUPLICATE INFORMATION FROM M055255 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED. ; 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-SEP-1980 Flynn, Patricia D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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