Yellow Cat Mine

The Yellow Cat Mine is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,598 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: Yellow Cat Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

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

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.