The Erway Property is a mercury mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,199 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: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 39.80083, -118.99167
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Erway Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Erway Property
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Leete 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: George W. Erway
Home Office: Grass Valley, Ca..
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1943
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: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Argillization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Sulfur
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Geology): BEST SHOWINGS OF CINNABAR WERE AROUND AN ACTIVE HOT SPRINGS VENT THAT WAS APPARENTLY ONCE DRILLED.
Comment (Deposit): PAINTY CINNABAR WITH GYPSUM, SULFUR IN ARGILLIZED SILICIFIED TUFF.
Comment (Location): 1/4 MILE SE OF US HIGHWAY 40 AND 1/2 MILE EAST OF FERMEY HOT SPRINGS. (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN). REPORTED SECTIONS ARE ESTIMATES. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN AND SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 83
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOL.URVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILY,E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. V.38, NO.5; GEOL. AND MIN. SER. NO. 41.
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.
