The Two Injun Property is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,280 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
Elevation: 7,280 Feet (2,219 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.93, -117.56694
Map: View on Google Maps
Satelite View
MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.
Two Injun Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Two Injun Property
Commodity
Tertiary: 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ben And Truman Collins
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP; ADJACENT TO INDIAN JOHNNIE DICK PROPERTY
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SCATTERED TRENCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 153-154
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. 292
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.
