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Indian Johnnie Dick Property

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040489
MRDS ID M055293
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Johnnie Dick Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.56511, 38.9327 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 1 MI W OF MERCURY MINING CO. MINE
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 039E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP . PROPERTY CONSIST OF 4 CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.56511, 38.9327
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Transverse Fault Zone; Seams, Fractures

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer Dick Brothers

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Johnnie And Willie Dick
    Home office Ione, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • HOLMES INDICATES A FEW FLASKS PRODUCED

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SCATTERED PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M055293

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 148-149.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 292.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey