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Antelop Mercury Deposit

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Mercury, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246622
MAS/MILS ID 0320230164
Record type Site
Current site name Antelop Mercury Deposit
Alternate or previous names Brunton Pass Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.73734, 38.88552 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 N 038 E 19 SESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.73734, 38.88552
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1945
Year of first production 1948

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 278, 296.

  • Deposit

    BENSON, W. T., 1950, ANTELOPE MERCURY PROSPECT, NYE COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES EXAMINATION REPORT, 5 PP.

  • Deposit

    BENDIX FIELD ENGINEERING CORP., 1982, NATIONAL URANIUM

  • Deposit

    RESOURCE EVALUATION, TONOPAH QUADRANGLE, NEVADA:

  • Deposit

    PREPARED FOR THE U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, CONTRACT NO. DE-

  • Deposit

    ACO7-76301664, 36 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 4-91, 1991, APPENDIX B,

  • Deposit

    TABLES B-1 AND B-2, SAMPLES 308-320; APPENDIX A,

  • Deposit

    FIG. A-13.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-91 Johnson U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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