Rattlesnake Canyon prospect, Red Butte Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Canyon prospect | Prospect |
| Red Butte Mining District | Mining District |
| Humboldt County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 3' 33'' North , 118° 36' 43'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Sec 22 T37N R30E
Structure: Deer Creek Thrust Shear Zones
Alteration: Clay Minerals, Calcite, Dolomite Associated W/Ore
Deposit: Veins in shear zones western hill workings are on thin andesite breccia dikes that cut thin-bedded limestone. Eastern hill workings lie in igneous breccia containing limestone fragments. Deposit was discovered prior to 1909, and was worked in the early 1940's by walter l. Low, who installed a small retort and recovered several flasks of hg. The workings lie on 2 hills 200 yds. Apart. On the eastern hill, there is a 50-ft shaft, a 20-ft shaft and 3 trenches, exploring shear zones. On the western hill area 50-ft shaft and 2 small trenches. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept; 3 field observ
Deposit type: Hot-spring Hg
Development: No activity in 1984; claims staked by mead june 1981
Geology: Cinnabar fills fractures near shears, and is disseminated within shears, forms "strawberries" in cracks. ; geol.desc: deer creek thrust breccia (?)//lower plate (?)
Rock formation(s): King Lear Formation
Ore(s): Fractures, Shear Zones, Brecciation.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
6 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS |
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Native Mercury Formula: Hg |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
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 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Hg | Mercury | |
| Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| Hg | ⓘ Native Mercury | Hg |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10040527 |
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