The Happy Day Prospect is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.29972, -118.09806
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Happy Day Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Happy Day Prospect
Secondary: Happy Day Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Spring Valley 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: Virgil Olson And Others
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: VEINLETS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Fault (Concealed)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Other Database): A FEW FLASKS JURING 1955-56
Comment (Reserve-Resource): POSSIBLE IF PRICE IS HIGH ENOUGH (1954)
Comment (Deposit): VEINLETS AND POCKETS OF CINNABAR OCCUR ERRATICALLY ALONG A NARROW CALCITE VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1954. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 50-FOOT ADIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): A 50-FT ADIT
Comment (Geology): VEINLETS AND POCKETS OF CINNABAR OCCUR ERRATICALLY ALONG A NARROW CALCITE VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S., USBM IC8252
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE UNIONVILLE QUADRANGLE, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 820.
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
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.
