| Deposit ID | 10103792 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055351 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Stall Quicksilver Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Canyon Creek? |
| Related records | 10246566 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.6482, 41.73571 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1707 |
| Relative position | 50 MILES NNE OF WINNEMUCCA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
White Rock Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 045N | 039E | 31,33 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Mercury | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -117.6482, 41.73571 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faults |
| General form | BLANKET, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N15E |
| Dip | STEEP |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1913 |
| Year of first production | 1941 |
| Production years | AS OF 1941 |
| District name | National District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Bradley Mining Co. . |
| First year | 1941 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | F. W. Stall R. A. Whelchel |
| First year | 1943 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055351 |
BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. UNIV. BULL VOL. 38 NO. 5; SER. NO. 41.
WILLDEN, R, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO, NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.
BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984,UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
USBM I. C. 8252, P.227, 1965
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHONIX, D.A., 1944
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PANNING OF SURFACE SOILS IN THE MINE AREA INDICATE UP TO 0.1 % HG IS PRESENT IN AN AREA 1000 FT BY 100 FT |
| Deposit | PLACER CINNABAR WAS DISCOVERED IN STREAM GRAVEL IN 1913 AND SOON THEREAFTER, A SHALLOW SHAFT WAS SUNK IN THE STREAM BED. IN 1941, THE BRADLEY MINING CO. EXPLORED IT WITH NO PRODUCTION. IN 1941, LESSEES INSTALLED A 4-PIPE RETORT AND PRODUCED SOME HG FROM SORTED ORE. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 2 50-FT SHAFTS CONNECTED WITH SHORT DRIFTS, AS WELL AS SURFACE CUTS AND SHORT ADITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1974 | Bergquist, Joel R. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1986 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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