Rogers-Burnison Property

The Rogers-Burnison Property is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,679 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Rogers-Burnison Property

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

Elevation: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 41.38306, -118.35389

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Rogers-Burnison Property MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rogers-Burnison Property


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Bottle Creek District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification (Opalite)?


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

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

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

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar


Comments

Comment (Commodity): CINNABAR SAID TO OCCUR AS RICH STRINGERS AND CRYSTALS IN RHYOLITE

Comment (Location): WEST SLOPE OF BUFF PEAK (?)

Comment (Deposit): STRINGERS AND DISSEMINATIONS

Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS, TRENCHES

Comment (Geology): CINNABAR IS FOUND IN RICH NARROW STRINGERS AND AS WIDESPREAD DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS IN THE RHYOLITE.

Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED ABOUT 1940. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 20-FT. SHAFT WITH 30 FEET OF DRIFTS, A 40-FT SHAFT, AND SURFACE TRENCHES. THE PROPERTY WAS STILL IN THE PROSPECT STAGES IN 1944. EXACT LOCATION IS UNSURE DUE TO CONFLICTING INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, UNIV. OF NEV. BULL. VOL. 38, NO. 5, GEOL & MIN. SER. NO 41: QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA.

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

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.