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Quick - Tung Property

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103795
MRDS ID M055419
Record type Site
Current site name Quick - Tung Property
Alternate or previous names Shady Run, Fisk, Silver Range, Quik - Tung Quicksilver Mine, NBMG Sample Site 3304

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.19597, 39.80268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
Relative position FONDAWAY CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fondaway Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 033E 01;06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF THE STILLWATER RANGE; 1/4 MI W OF QUIK - TUNG TUNGSTEN MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Mercury Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CINNABAR - BEARING QUARTZ VEINS CUT TACTITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Scheelite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3304 OF SELECTED CINNABAR AND SCHEELITE BEARING MARBLE CONTAINS 0.15% MG, 20% CA, 150 PPM MN, 0.5 PPM AG, 100 PPM BA, 10PPM PB, 1000 PPM SR, +1000 PPM W, 15PPM Y.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.19597, 39.80268
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEAR BOYER THRUST; JURASSIC MAFIC VOLCANIC ROCKS AND JURASSIC LIMESTONE, MARBLE AND SILTSTONE. ; GEOL.DESC: NEAR BOYER THRUST; JURASSIC MAFIC VOLCANIC ROCKS, AND JURASSIC LIMESTONE, MARBLE, AND SILTSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shady Run District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1978
    Period 1956-1978
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.4-6.0percent Wo3 Avg 1.0 Percent
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS DEPOSIT IS OPENED BY CUTS AT TWO LEVELS AND A SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT. TUNGSTEN OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN A WHITE MARBLE THAT IS CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS THAT CONTAIN CINNABAR AND HAVE YIELDED SOME QUICKSILVER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN AND SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 83

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K. & TINGLEY, J. V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL 105

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Production

    NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR OCCURS ONE - FOURTH MILE TO THE WEST. THIS RECORD IS AN UPDATED VERSION THAT INCLUDES DUPLICATE INFORMATION FROM M231029, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Flynn, Patricia D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (Nbmg) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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