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Poinsette Mine

Past Producer in Mineral 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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103789
MRDS ID M055317
Record type Site
Current site name Poinsette Mine
Alternate or previous names Poinsettia
Related records 10149200

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.26373, 38.77881 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 20 MI NORTH OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poinsettia Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 033E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GROUP OF PROSPECTS .5 MILE E - NE OF SANTA FE MINE EST. LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sulfur Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Limonitic, Propylitic

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.26373, 38.77881
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N 65 W Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form HIGH GRADE PIPES, LENSES
    Strike N 63 W
    Dip 85 N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SURFICIAL ALTERATION EXPOSURE APPROXIMATELY 1 SQUARE MILE ; HR.AGE.MV: ALTERED ANDESITIC TUFFS AND FLOWS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Production years TO 1954

Mining district

District name Bovard District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner V. S. Baxter And Charles Milan

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADIT

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

    HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    1950 DIREXPL USB

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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