Vulture Mine

The Vulture Mine is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,721 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

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Site Name

Primary: Vulture Mine
Secondary: Good Spot Prospect
Secondary: Big V
Secondary: Vulture Group

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope Springs

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: Harold'S Club Mining Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Form: VEINLET

Structure

Type: L
Description: Upper Plate Of Thrust Fault; Over Turned Anticlinorium

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Geology): CINNABAR OCCURS IN THE FAULT AS SMALL VEINLETS AND CAVITY FILLINGS.

Comment (Production): 2 - PIPE RETORT (1943)

Comment (Development): EXPLORED DURING 1941-43 WITHOUT PRODUCTION. IDLE UNTIL 1954-55

Comment (Location): ABOUT 1 MI. NW OF JUNIPER MINE

Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS IN A FAULT AS SMALL VEINLETS AND CAVITY FILLINGS. FAULT CUTS CONGLOMERATIC DOLOMITE.

Comment (Deposit): VULTURE GROUP COMPRISES A GROUP OF 3 CLAIMS. EXPLORED DURING 1941-43 BY VARIOUS LESSEES BUT NO PRODUCTION MADE. REMAINED IDLE UNTIL 1954-55 WHEN OPERATIONS PRODUCED A FEW FLASKS OF MERCURY. 2-PIPE RETORT BUILT IN 1943. AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY CONGLOMERATIC DOLOMITE WHICH IS CUT BY A WEAKLY MINERALIZED FAULT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM 1C 8252

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

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

Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.

Reference (Deposit): 5) BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

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.