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Freckles Mine

Past Producer in Pershing 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  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 10103786
MRDS ID M055265
Record type Site
Current site name Freckles Mine
Alternate or previous names Roman, Baker-McKenzie Mine, Williamson and Gartiez, Kitten Springs Mine, Table No. 2 Claim 1984, NBMG Sample Site 2340.
Related records 10150538

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.93124, 40.09323 (WGS84)
Elevation 1390
Relative position N. OF RED HILL; 30 MI. E OF LOVELOCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Logan Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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 026N 036E 27,28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EAST EDGE OF BUENA VISTA VALLEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Siliicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2340 OF FAULT BRECCIA FROM AN OPEN CUT CONTAINS 1.5 % FE, 0.7 % MG, 15 % CA, 0.03 % TI, 200 PPM MN, 200 PPM AS, 20 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 5 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 30 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 2000 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, AND 700 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.93124, 40.09323
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BUNCHES, VEINLETS, DISSEMINATIONS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N65w Fracture System

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROPERTY IS ON A DISSECTED PEDIMENT LARGELY COVERED BY ALLUVIUM. CINNABAR OCCURS IN BUNCHES AND VEINLETS IN BRECCIATED LIMESTONE BENEATH A FLAT-LYING BED OF SHALE AND SPARSELY DISSEMINATED IN BRECCIATED LIMESTONE ALONG A LIMESTONE-SHALE CONTACT. IRREGULAR FAULTS OF SMALL DISPLACEMENT HAVE OFFSET THE SHALE-LIMESTONE CONTACT. THE BEST ORE WAS FOUND ON THE 28-FT LEVEL BELOW A FLAT-LYING FAULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer Joe Chabagno

Mining district

District name Table Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. J. Baker; Geophysical
    Home office Bellingham, Wa.
    First year 1984

Comments on the production information

  • AUTOMATIC FEED 2 - PIPE RETORT (1942); OVER 600 FL, HOLMES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT, ADITS, STOPES, BULLDOZER CUTS.

Comments on development

  • SOON AFTER ITS DISCOVERY, THE PROPERTY WAS LEASED BY C. BAKER AND R. JENNING WHO HAULED ORE TO THE MONTGOMERY MINE RETORTS. IN 1942 THE PROPERTY WAS RESTAKED BY C.N. WILLIAMSON AND CHARLES GARTIEZ AS THE ROMAN GROUP. THEY BUILT A VERTICAL AUTOMATIC-FEED 2 PIPE RETORT WITH A CAPACTIY OF ABOUT 5 TPD AND IN 1942-1943 THEY RECOVERED MORE THAN 100 FLASKS HG. WITH THE DECLINE IN MERCURY PRICE FOLLOWING WWII, TITLE LAPSED IN 1949 AND THEN IN 1950 W.J. BAKER AND JOE MACKENZIE RELOCATED THE GROUND AS THE FRECKLES 1-4 CLAIMS. IN 1955 WHEN HG PRICES WERE UP AGAIN, LESSEE J.E. HOLSTROM BEGAN SPORADIC MINING. SANK A NEW SHAFT, AND PRODUCED 552 FLASKS BY THE END OF 1962. IN 1965, ED HAGER OF CORDERO MINING CO. LOCATED THE FRECKLES 5-7 CLAIMS AND IN 1965-1966, CORDERO, UNDER LEASE, PRODUCED 450 FLASKS HG FROM ORE HAULED TO THEIR FURNACE PLANT NEAR MCDERMITT. SINCE 1966, THE MINE HAS LAIN IDLE. NO ACTIVITY NOTED DURING EXAMINATION IN 1984, BUT RECENT ROTARY DRILL HOLES WERE NOTED 500 M SE OF
  • THE WORKINGS AND 500 M NE OF SAMPLE SITE 2339.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 41.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; IN USBM 1C 8252.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, F.H., RYTUBA, J.J., AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DTAT ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA. #5. GARSIDE, L.J., 15 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Production

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEST ORE AT 28 FT LEVEL
Deposit DISCOVERED IN 1940. INTERMITTENT OPERATIONS DURING 1941-61. MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 50-FT VERTICAL SHAFT CONNECTED WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF SHORT ADITS, SMALL STOPES; AND BULLDOZER CUTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Bergquist, Joel R. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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