Container mine, Fish Lake Valley Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Container mine | Mine |
| Fish Lake Valley Mining District | Mining District |
| Esmeralda County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 51' 27'' North , 118° 14' 58'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Benton | 280 (2011) | 20.4km |
| Dyer | 259 (2011) | 26.6km |
| Sunny Slopes | 182 (2017) | 49.3km |
| Swall Meadows | 220 (2017) | 52.2km |
| Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek | 2,645 (2011) | 54.4km |
Sec 13 T1N R33E
Structure: NE-Trending Fault And Thrust Fault
Alteration: Silicification
Deposit: Cinnabar occurs as small crystalline veinlets and painty coatings in brecciated zones in the silicified host rock. It seems to be concentrated along or near faults. Brecciated zone in quartzite, recemented with quartz. Open space surfaces coated with iron oxide. Some dump specimens have a fine dusting of cinnabar some Hg Cl (?) (yellow mineral-either Sb or Hg Cl); yellow barite crystals in vugs.
Development: G.d. Mills produced 32 flasks of quicksilver before selling it in 1928 to j.l. Mckinney and associates. From 1928 to 1943 these owners did some exploratory work, and in 1941 they produced 33 flasks of quicksilver from hand-sorted ore.
Geology: Deposit in roof pendant of metamorphic rocks
Ore(s): Brecciated Zones Along Or Near Faults
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3 valid minerals.
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| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| Hg | Mercury | |
| Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10046899 |
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