| Deposit ID | 10104013 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233035 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cardinal Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Towner and Ott, Harris |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.934, 38.36826 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2637 |
| Relative position | 1/2 MI SW OF DREW MINE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Eddyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 006N | 036E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert | ||||
| Rock unit name | Excelsior Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Excelsior Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -117.934, 38.36826 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults |
| General form | LINEAR, PODS |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1929 |
| Discoverer | J.C. Oh And J. Towner |
| Year of last production | 1943 |
| District name | Pilot Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cornelius, L. V. And Son |
| Home office | Mina, Nevada |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 198.12M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233035 |
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 38, NO. 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SET. NO 41.
PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P 167.
ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.4., PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P. 146.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CINNABAR WITH QUARTZ AND CALCITE FILLS CRACKS AND FISSURES IN CHERT, AND IS ALSO FOUND IN BRECCIA AND GOUGE ALONG A FAULT, ORE BODIES ARE SMALL AND HIGH-GRADE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1981 | Tingley, J.V. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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