Hillside Mine, Spring Valley Mining District, Humboldt Range, Pershing County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Hillside Mine | Mine |
| Spring Valley Mining District | Mining District |
| Humboldt Range | Mountain Range |
| Pershing County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 19' 9'' North , 118° 5' 44'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Sec 6 T28N R35E
Structure: Shear Zone (N Trending, W Dipping)
Deposit: First located in 1941, and being developed in 1943, worked intermittently in 1950's. Mine workings include a 110-foot inclined shaft and about 250 feet of drifts and raises on 3 levels. Map gq-820 shows hillside mine in s W corner se. 6 t28n r35e - see king george mine ; info.src : 1 pub lit this record has been merged with m055269, which has been deleted. Latitude and longitude of deleted record are 40-19-60n and 118-05-18w, but does not match other verifiable sources. Mineralized zone traced on surface for 950 ft; underlying limestone warrants further exploration (1943). Deeper ore consisted of cinnabar in calcite veinlets in the limestone. Locally, some of the limestones are silicified and contain nodules of opal.
Deposit type: Hot-spring Hg
Development: Was being developed in 1943, and worked intermittently in the 1950's through early 1970's. Limestone below warrants further exploration. Worked together with cinnabar city after 1953.
Geology: Limestone is overlain by basalt flow and interbedded ash & tuff. Cinnabar occurs As stringers and disseminated crystals in shear zone in volcanic rocks and also As bunches, stringers, and veinlets erratically distributed along calcite stringers in the underlying limestone.
Rock formation(s): Natchez Pass Formation
Ore(s): Shear Zone
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6 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Calomel Formula: [Hg2]2+Cl2 |
| ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS |
| ⓘ Native Mercury Formula: Hg |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Mercury | 1.AD.05 | Hg |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Calomel | 3.AA.30 | [Hg2]2+Cl2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Calomel | [Hg2]2+Cl2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Hg | Mercury | |
| Hg | ⓘ Calomel | [Hg2]2+Cl2 |
| Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| Hg | ⓘ Native Mercury | Hg |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10104043 |
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