The Lost Steer Mine is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 82 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 82 Feet (25 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.36861, -117.94556
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Lost Steer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lost Steer Mine
Secondary: Lost Steers Group
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Pilot Mountains District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Anderson, A. J. And Spencer, L. B.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1913
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Pilot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Lost Steers (Cinnabar Canyon) Thrust Fault ; Reg.Trends: Northerly
Type: L
Description: Lost Steers Thrust Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Replacement
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Calomel
Ore: Stibiconite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Bornite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
Comment (Reserve-Resource): VERY SMALL RESERVES
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION MAY ALSO BE RECORDED WITH MINA DEV. CO. MINE . UNRECORDED PRODUCTION MAY HAVE EXCEEDED 500 FL
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A GLORY HOLE (40X25X30 FT) WITH SMALL ADJOINING CROSSCUTS.
Comment (Geology): TRIASSIC SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC ROCKS WERE FOLDED AND THRUST FAULTED IN EARLY JURASSIC. THESE ARE OVERLAIN AND INTRUDED BY TERT ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE. SUBSEQUENT NORMAL FAULTING. ; MAJOR.UNITS: MESOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ; GEOL.DESC: BELOW LOST STEERS THRUST FAULT
References
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252.
Reference (Deposit): 5) PHOENIX AND CATHCART, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973 - D
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
