Birthday mine (Wootan mine; Wootan and McCown mine), Bottle Creek Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USAi
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Birthday mine (Wootan mine; Wootan and McCown mine) | Mine |
Bottle Creek Mining District | Mining District |
Humboldt County | County |
Nevada | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 20' 43'' North , 118° 19' 42'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
59630
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:59630:6
GUID (UUID V4):
68ca39e4-74fd-4576-96c9-98b59b07c916
Sec 18 T40N R33E
Structure: Major North-Trending, Steep-Dipping Faults In Area. ; Reg.Trends: Nne Shearing Parallel To Dike Wall; Faults Offset Dike
Alteration: Intense: Feldspars To Clay; Leached Ferromag'S
Tectonics: Basin And Range
Deposit: Ore emplacement occurs along faults in a diabase dike; scossa mine (red ore no 1) located on north end of this dike discovered in 1936 by d.j. Wootan, although ore was not located until 1938. A 2-tube retort was built in 1938, to which 2 more tubes were added in 1939. The claim was abandoned shortly thereafter. Diabase is so thorougly altered, it can be cut with a pick. The mineralized dike is less than 10 feet wide and is offset by numerous faults, with small displacement. Several lessees worked the property from 1939 to 1943 and the property was idle from 1943 to at least 1956. Development consists of 3 inclined shafts, 50 ft, 50 ft and 100 ft. Deep, plus about 400 ft of underground workings. ; info.src : 1 pub lit
Deposit type: Hot-spring Hg
Development: 2 retorts
Geology: Ore bodies most abundant where dike was most-faulted. The largest ore shoot was stoped for 32 ft. Along the drift from a block 3-4 ft by 6-12 ft in cross-section. The ore mined was high-grade; up to 60 pounds hg/ton. The ore minerals fill vesicles and fractures in the diabase, and locally impregnate the diabase and adjacent tuffs ; geol.desc: faulted diabase dike cuts basalt and tuff
Rock formation(s): Diabase Dikes;Basalt
Tuff And Conglomerate
Ore(s): Pre-Ore Faulting & Fracturing Of Diabase Host Rock
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5 valid minerals.
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β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
β Cinnabar Formula: HgS |
β Mercury Formula: Hg |
β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
β Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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β | Mercury | 1.AD.05 | Hg |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
β | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
β | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | β Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Cinnabar | HgS |
S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Hg | Mercury | |
Hg | β Cinnabar | HgS |
Hg | β Mercury | Hg |
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10040314 |
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