Fallini Property

The Fallini Property is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 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: Fallini Property
Secondary: Mercury No. 1 and No. 2
Secondary: Mercury Group

Commodity

Tertiary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Queen City District (Kawich)

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Fallini Brothers

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Location): APPROX. ONE MILE NORTH OF BLACK HAWK MINE

Comment (Geology): CINNABAR OCCURS AS NUGGETS AND COATINGS ON LIMESTONE AND QUARTZ GRAVEL WITHIN CREVICES IN A LIMESTONE CAVE ; GEOL.DESC: BAILEY AND PHOENIX REPORT CINNABAR IN LIMESTONE

References

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

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 50

Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 77

Reference (Deposit): 5) HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252

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.