The Crawford Prospect is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.12028, -118.15306
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Crawford Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crawford Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope Springs
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Southworth Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past 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: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw Structural Trend, Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 1/4 MI. EAST OF MAIN WORKINGS OF THE MONTGOMERY MINE.
Comment (Production): IN 1940
Comment (Deposit): A BED OF BUFF SANDSTONE, SHARPLY DOWNFOLDED AND LOCALLY FAULTED, IS OVERLAIN AND UNDERLAIN BY CONGLOMERATIC DOLOMITE. THE ORE OCCURS IN SANDSTONE AND OVERLYING DOLOMITE.
Comment (Development): MAJORITY OF DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE IN 1940.
Comment (Geology): DOLOMITIC CONGLOMERATE LOWER UNIT OF POST-DUN GLEN STRATA.
Comment (Deposit): MAJORITY OF DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE IN 1940 AND RECOVERED 1 FLASK OF QUICKSILVER. THE WORKINGS EXPLORE A SHARPLY DOWNFOLDED, AND LOCALLY FAULTED, BED OF BUFF SANDSTONE WHICH IS OVERLAIN AND UNDERLAIN BY CONGLOMERATIC DOLOMITE. THE ORE IS IN BOTH THE SANDSTONE AND OVERLYING DOLOMITE AND IS SIMILAR IN CHARACTER TO THE ORE OF THE MONTGOMERY MINE WHICH EXPLORES THE SAME "HORIZON" FARTHER TO THE WEST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM 1C 8252, P. 246
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252
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.
