Mercury Mining Co. Mine

The Mercury Mining Co. Mine is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,641 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

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Site Name

Primary: Mercury Mining Co. Mine
Secondary: Ione
Secondary: Prescott
Secondary: Lahontan Mines

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Union District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: J. C. Bradley Mining Co.
Home Office: 425 Crocker Building, San Francisco, Ca.
Years: 1942 -

Owner Name: Heald, Heald, And Lynch
Home Office: Box 207, Gabbs, Nv. 89409. J. W. Lynch, General Manager
Years: 1967 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1907
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: Shoshone Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Form: NODULES, POD, VEINLETS, STRINGERS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Shoshone Mountains ; Reg.Trends: Northerly

Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): LOW GRADE RESERVES NON EXISTENT (1942)

Comment (Production): MAJOR PRODUCTION BEFORE 1920. REPORTS IN BAILEY'S PERSONAL FILES INDICATE PRODUCTION OF GREATER THAN 11,000 FL

Comment (Development): RETORT AT MINE, 1942 ; ECON.COM: ROADS NOT PASSABLE DURING WINTER MONTHS (OWING TO HEAVY SNOWFALL)

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF HAULAGE ADITS, DRIFTS, FOUR GLORY HOLES, NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS, BULLDOZER TRENCHES, AND SEVERAL SHORT EXPLORATORY ADITS. THE LARGEST GLORY HOLE WAS 150 FT LONG, 50 FT WIDE, 70 FT DEEP.

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS ; GEOL.DESC: TRIASSIC SANDSTONE, SHALE, LIMESTONE AND INTRUSIVE DIABASE IN FAULT CONTACT WITH TERT. ANDESITIC AGGLOMERATE AND RHYOLITIC TUFFS AND FLOWS.

Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSIST OF 11 PATENTED CLAIMS.

References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 149-151.

Reference (Deposit): VITALIANO, 1963, CENOZOIC GEOLOGY AND SECTIONS OF THE IONE QUADRANGLE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP MF - 255.

Reference (Deposit): GALLAGHER, 1967, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1967: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.

Reference (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. 254.

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.