The Yellow Cat Mine is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.93028, -117.54972
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Yellow Cat Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Cat Mine
Secondary: Golden Fleece
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Union District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: L. O. Warfield, John Connelly
Home Office: Tonopah, Nv.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
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: Shoshone Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: N - Nw Trending Normal Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
Comment (Production): SORTED ORE AVERAGED 37 LB/TON
Comment (Development): ACTIVE IN 1930,1942. DUMP MATERIAL WORKED IN 1962
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT WITH 150 FT OF DRIFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 154.
Reference (Deposit): VITALIANO, 1963, CENOZOIC GEOLOGY AND SECTIONS OF THE IONE QUADRANGLE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP MF - 255.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 255
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
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.
