| Deposit ID | 10103771 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055032 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | White Peaks Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Scossa Mine, Bottle Creek Mine, Last Chance, NBMG Sample Site 2435. |
| Related records | 10271270 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.31516, 41.36071 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1567 |
| Relative position | 55 MILES NW OF WINNEMUCCA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bottle Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 040N | 033E | 07 | NE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Result | UNMINED ORE AVERAGES 2 LB. HG/TON ORE. SAMPLE 2435 OF BASIC DIKE MATERIAL FROM BASE OF DUMP AND COUNTRY ROCK RHYOLITE CONTAINS 10 % FE,3 % MG, 3 % CA, -1 % TI, 1500 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 30 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 50 PPM C-O, 50 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 15 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 20 P-PM SC, 300 PPM SR, 500 PPM V, 30 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR. |
|---|
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||
| Rock unit name | Rhyolite (Extrusive);Diabase Dike | ||
| Rock description | Rhyolite (Extrusive);Diabase Dike | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase |
| Rock unit name | Sedimentary Rocks |
| Rock description | Sedimentary Rocks |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| (1) | -118.31516, 41.36071 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Major N-Trending, Steeply Dipping Faults ; Reg.Trends: Nne |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Local Shearing Along Dike Contacts; 2 Sets Of Fractures Filled With Fe-Oxides. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N |
| Dip | STEEPLYE |
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Length | 33.53M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Depth to top | 15.24M |
| Depth to bottom | 50.29M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1936 |
| Discoverer | James And Arnold Scossa |
| Year of first production | 1938 |
| Production years | 1939-1940, 1946-1947 |
| District name | Bottle Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. Etchart |
| First year | 1954 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Scossa Brothers. Nassau Co. |
| Home office | Reno, Nv ? |
| First year | 1984 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Length | 198.12M |
| Overall depth | 50.29M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055032 |
ROBERTS, R.J., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BOTTLE CREEK DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT CO, NEV; USGS. BULL 922A
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 41
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO; NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 59.
BENSON, W.T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR CO. ORE: U.S.B.M. REPT. OF INV. 5285.
JONES, R. B., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-14-84.
USBM UNPUB DATA
BAILEY AND PHOENIX
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE WHITE PEAK CLAIMS, TOGETHER WITH THE RED ORE CLAIMS, WERE THE FIRST TO BE STAKED IN THE DISTRICT. THEY WERE DISCOVERED BY JAMES AND ARNOLD SCOSSA IN 1936. THE FULTON QUICKSILVER CO. DEVELOPED A 112-FT SHAFT AND SOME DRIFTS IN 1937, AND INSTALLED A 20-TON ROTARY FURNACE, BUT TREATED NO ORE. IN 1938. SOME ORE WAS TREATED BY THE SCOSSA BROTHERS. IN 1940, THE WHITE PEAKS MINING CO. PRODUCED 263 FLASKS, AND IN 1942 J.O. GREENAN STRUCK RICH ORE IN THE FOOTWALL OF A DIKE AND RECOVERED 343 FLASKS. THE PROPERTY WAS IDLE IN MID-1943. IN LATE 1954, THE PROPERTY WAS LEASED TO J. ETCHART, WHO BEGAN TO DEWATER THE SHAFT. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 165-FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 62, 112, AND 165 FT, WITH UNDERGROUND WORKINGS TOTALLING 650 FT. IN LENGTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Deposit | ORE DEPOSITION OCCURS IN DIABASE DIKE AND IN WALL ROCK ABOVE 112 FT LEVEL |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1973 | Bergquist, Joel R. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1985 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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