Harvey Mine

The Harvey Mine is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,902 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: Harvey Mine
Secondary: Denver Cooperative Mining Corp.
Secondary: Telluride Group

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fluorine District

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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Boyd Endsley Mining Co.
Years: 1956 -

Owner Name: Paul Mix

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Form: ELONGATE POD

Structure

Type: L
Description: North - Trending Dikes

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

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

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Devonian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Opal

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO VISIBLE RESERVES (1943)

Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION OVER 80 FL, HOLMES, 1965

Comment (Deposit): THE MINED ORE BODY WAS SMALL

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE SHALLOW SHAFTS, A MAIN ADIT WITH TWO SUBLEVELS, SEVERAL SHORTER ADITS, AND AN OPEN PIT.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: DIKES CUT PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE. CORNWALL AND KLEINHAMPL, 1964 DO NOT MENTION DIKES - ORE IS IN FLUORSPAR CANYON FM - DEV - DOLO

Comment (Location): HOLMES(1965) PUTS THE MINE IN SECT. 36. PROPERTY CONSIST OF 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

References

Reference (Deposit): 5) CORNWALL AND KLEINHAMPL, 1964, GEOLOGY OF BULLFROG QUADRANGLE AND ORE DEPOSITS RELATED TO BULLFROG HILLS CALDERA, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA, AND INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS P. P. 454 - J.

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: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 142-143.

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: US BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 281.

Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL AND KLEINHAMPL, 1961, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BARE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 157.

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.