The Montezuma Prospect is a mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.67167, -117.40556
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Montezuma Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Montezuma Prospect
Secondary: Sweeny Mine ?
Commodity
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Montezuma District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Kollsman Mineral And Chemical Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Montezuma Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault (N60w, 30sw)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification (Opalite)
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Geology): CAMBRIAN EL DORADO LIMESTONE FAULTED AGAINST MIOCENE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. CINNABAR OCCURS IN RIBS OF OPALITIC MATERIAL, BRECCIA PIPES, AND IRREGULAR SILICIFIED RUBBLE ZONE. ; GEOL.DESC: CAMBRIAN ELDORADO LIMESTONE FAULTED AGAINST MIOCENE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252
Reference (Production): BAILEY AND PHOENIX
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.
