The Montgomery Mine is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.12222, -118.15389
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Montgomery Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Montgomery Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope Springs
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Stanford Bunce And Roy Haukins
Years: 1965 -
Owner Name: Utex Exploration Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1924
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Relief Fault (Thrust)-N40w ; Reg.Trends: N 40 W
Type: L
Description: Anticline Trending N60w;
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: YIELD OF 16 LB HG/FT
Analytical Data: ORE RAN 1-5 LBS HG/TON
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION SOMETIMES RECORDED WITH JUNIPER MINE, PERSHING CTY.
Comment (Development): DEVELOPED IN 1929 BY NEVADA QUICKSILVER CO. WORKED BY VARIOUS LESSEES FROM 1933. IN 1960 THE MINE WAS BEING DRILLED BY UTEX EXPLORATION CO.
Comment (Workings): FLOODED BELOW 80 FT (1942)
Comment (Location): 1500 FT. SE OF THE PERSHING MINE, SE 1/4 SEC. 16
Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1924. DEVELOPED IN 1929 BY NEVADA QUICKSILVER CO. WORKED BY VARIOUS LESSEES FROM 1933. IN 1960 THE MINE WAS BEING DRILLED BY UTEX EXPLORATION CO. A VEIN 10 TO 14 INCHES WIDE STRIKING N40W AND DIPPING 30 DEGREES SW CONTAINS CINNABAR, STIBNITE AND BIECCIATED FRAGMENTS OF LIMESTONE. VEIN IS CONTINUOUS FOR 40 FEET. THE HILL THAT CONTAINS THE MME IS DOMINANTLY A BROAD ASYMMETRICAL ANTICLINE WHOSE AXIS TRENDS ABOUT N60 DEGREES W. WITHIN THE ANTICLINE ARE SEVERAL BROKEN ZONES AND FAULTS OF SMALL DISPLACEMENT. THE ORE IS LOCALIZED ALONG THE UPPER CONTACT OF THE SANDSTONE AND IN THE OVERLYING DOLOMITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): A VEIN 10 TO 14 INCHES WIDE STRIKING N40W AND DIPPING 30 DEGREES SW CONTAINS CINNABAR, STIBNITE AND LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS. THE VEIN IS CONTINUOUS FOR 40 FT. THE VEIN IS LOCALIZED ALONG THE CONTACT OF SANDSTONE AND OVERLYING DOLOMITE, AND CINNABAR FILLS FRACTURES.
Comment (Geology): ORE BODIES LARGELY DUE TO THE FILLING OF FRACTURES IN DOLOMITE AND BUFF SANDSTONE BY CINNABAR. SIMUTANEOUS DEPOSITION OF CINNABAR AND STIBNITE. DEPOSITS ARE FOLDED AND FAULTED INTO NW TRENDING RIDGES. SOUTH PART OF AREA-FANGLOMERATE; NORTH-BASALTS. ; GEOL.DESC: SIMULTANEOUS DEPOSITION OF CINNABAR AND STIBNITE ; MAJOR.UNITS: UPPER TRI - LOWER JUR SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 163
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, F.C., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 167
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; USBM 1C 8252, P. 249
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
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.
