Steamboat Springs Mine

The Steamboat Springs Mine is a mercury and silica mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,849 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: Steamboat Springs Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation: 4,849 Feet (1,478 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury, Silica

Lat, Long: 39.38528, -119.75833

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Steamboat Springs Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Steamboat Springs Mine


Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Primary: Silica
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony


Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Steamboat Springs District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3-4 Lb/Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1877
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: DISSEMINATED


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Sulfur
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Cristobalite


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION SW/4 NE/4

Comment (Production): A FEW ADDITIONAL FL PRODUCED IN 1968, NOT INCLUDED IN G7

Comment (Workings): ITEM M15 REFERS TO HG PRODUCTION

Comment (Deposit): HOT SPRINGS WATER ALSO CONTAINS DETECTABLE AMOUNTS OF MERCURY ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HOT WATER AND HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS


References

Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON AND WHITE, 1964, GEOLOGY OF STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA, WASHOE CO., NEVADA: USGS P. P. 458 A

Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70

Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA, GALLAGHER

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

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41


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.