Erway Property

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

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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.