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Bloody Canyon

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247673
MRDS ID M060338
MAS/MILS ID 0320270294
Record type Site
Current site name Bloody Canyon
Alternate or previous names Hutton, Red Star
Related records 10042521

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.13657, 40.51709 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie 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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 034 E 35 NWSWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 58N
    Thickness 130M
    Length 1230M
    Width 40M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N45E:58N
    Date of Last Modification 850820
  • Strike N10E
    Dip 80E
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 2
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N10E:80E
    Date of Last Modification 850814

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1868
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name Candelaria District

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hybert,L. Neal
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner Metro-Dyne International,Inc.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1970

Comments on the production information

  • THE BLOODY CANYON MINE IS SECOND IN PRODUCTION TO THE SUTHE- RLAND MINE IN SB PRODUCTION.PRIMARY PRODUCTION PERIODS: 1907 AND 1917 - 1921.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    74. CAMERON, E. N. GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE

  • Deposit

    NORTHEASTERN HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA. GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL.,

  • Deposit

    V. 50, 1939, PP. 563-634.

  • Deposit

    329. JOHNSON, M. G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY BULLETIN 89, 1977, 115 PP.

  • Deposit

    376. LAWRENCE, E. F. ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 61, 1963, 248 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL LOCATION:ABOUT 15 KM S OF IMLAY. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: SMALL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JUL-94 Overbay, D. 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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