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Wild Horse Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony
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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. Ownership information
  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 10103769
MRDS ID M055011
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Horse Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.49151, 39.85435 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position IN AUGUSTA MTNS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert Creek SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 040E 20;16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • COUNTY - LINE PROBLEMS. "A FEW MILES SW OF COMMON CORNER OF LANDER, PERSHING, AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES"

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calomel Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Stibnite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Fanglomerate;Dolomite, Shale, And Limestone
    Rock description Fanglomerate;Dolomite, Shale, And Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.49151, 39.85435
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Trends: Northerly
Type of structure Local
Structure description N To Nnw Trending Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N TO NNW
    Dip STEEP
    Plunge direction SOUTHWARD
    Length 158.5M
    Width 39.62M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Filling Along Anticlinal Crest

Comments on the geologic information

  • MODERATELY FOLDED AND FAULTED TRIASSIC SILICEOUS CONGLOMERATE, SANDSTONE, LIMESTONE, AND DOLOMITE, TILTED AND OVERLAIN BY NEARLY FLAT - LYING TERTIARY FANGLOMERATE AND RHYOLITE. ; MAJOR.UNITS: TRIASSIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ; GEOL.DESC: ROCKS SO SILICIFIED THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE ORIGINAL LITHOLOGY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer Clyde Garrett
Production years 1940-1943

Mining district

District name Wild Horse District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wildhorse Quicksilver Co.
    First year 1943

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • (WORKING IN 1949) OPEN CUT. LAST OPERATED 1941.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61

  • Deposit

    ROSS AND DANE, 1942, THE WILD HORSE QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 931 - K.

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE FILLING OCCURS IN LIMESTONE; WEST LIMB OF SOUTHWARD PLUNGING ANTICLINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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