Horse Canyon Mine

The Horse Canyon Mine is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,349 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: Horse Canyon Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 7,349 Feet (2,240 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 38.6125, -117.28944

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Horse Canyon Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Horse Canyon Mine
Secondary: Magee Mercury
Secondary: Inc.
Secondary: Lida Grp
Secondary: Lucile Grp
Secondary: Gabbs Dugan Property 1960


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jett 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: Northlode Exploration Co.
Home Office: Vancouver, B.C.

Owner Name: Gabbs Exploration Co. Black River Mining Co.,Ltd.
Years: 1960 - 1965


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1937
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: Seyler Peak


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg


Orebody

Form: VEINLETS, COATINGS, DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS


Structure

Type: R
Description: Golconda Thrust Fault

Type: L
Description: Deformation Of Host Rocks


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Leaching


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar


Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1937-38

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 325 FT ADIT WITH A RAISE TO A PIT, AND NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, P. 156: "THE OLDEST ROCKS (THE ORE BEARING ROCKS) OF THE AREA ARE PALEOZOIC (?) THIN - BEDDED CONTORTED AND BROKEN BEDS OF LIMESTONE, SHALE, AND CHERT CONGLOMERATE." UNCONFORMABLY OVERLYING THE SEDIMENTS IS A 75 FT BED OF ANDESITIC TUFF; A GLASSY RHYOLITE FLOW OVERLIES THE TUFF. ROCKS LISTED ABOVE FROM FERGUSON AND CATHCART USING BAILEY'S LOCATION

Comment (Location): LIDA GRP WEST OF MAIN CANYON; LUCILE GRP TO EAST; PROPERTY CONSIST OF 11 CLAIMS.

Comment (Production): PRIOR TO 1941, PRODUCTION HAD BEEN 23 FLASKS. MOST PRODUCTION WAS IN WWII AND IN 1950'S AND 1960'S DURING PERIODS OF HIGH PRICES AND DEMAND. PRIOR TO 1941,A LITTLE HG WAS PRODUCED FROM RETORTS, BUT IN 1942, A 20-TON ROTARY FURNACE WAS INSTALLED AND OPERATED BY MAGEE MINING INC.- DISMANTLED IN 1943.

Comment (Development): GABBS EXPLORATION CO. BEGAN FURNACE-TREATING CINNABAR ORE AT THE DUGAN PROPERTY IN HORSE CANYON IN 1960, EMPLOYING 7 MEN.

Comment (Deposit): BRECCIATED SHEARED ZONES


References

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U. S.: U. S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 278-279.

Reference (Deposit): CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, SEPT. 1960, P.24.

Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA

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. 155-156.

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON AND CATHCART, 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE ROUND MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ 40


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.