The Flower Quicksilver Mine is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,271 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,271 Feet (2,521 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.66333, -116.91472
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Flower Quicksilver Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Flower Quicksilver Mine
Secondary: Duane Group
Secondary: Kernick Divide Mining Co
Secondary: Kernick - Duane
Secondary: Flower - Kernick
Secondary: Fiorite Group, Logan Bar
Secondary: William Duane Mine, Bar Group, Spanish Belt Group,
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #2034, Flower Mine.
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Selenium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Barcelona 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: Frank Warren Robert And Alma Warren
Years: 1958 -
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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Mineralization Occurs Adjacent To A Minor Thrust Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Shale Adjacent To Quartz-Stibnite Vein; Oxidation Of Antimony; Argillization Of Gouge Along Thrust.
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE: 18.60 PERCENT SB, TRACE OF SE, NO AU, NO AG (LAWRENCE, 1963, P. 146). NBMG SAMPLE SITE #2034 WAS TAKEN FROMALONG FAULT TRACE AND CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.2% MG, 300PPM MN, 0.1% TI, 1.5 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 1000 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 5 PPM CO, 30 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 150 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 30 PPM V, 15 PPM Y(T?), 100 PPM ZR(?).
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ANTIMONY AREA A FEW HUNDRED FEET NORTH OF QUICKSILVER AREA; BUT WHEN SB AND HG OCCUR TOGETHER, THEY APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED SIMULTANEOUSLY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES VERY SMALL (1943)
Comment (Production): NO ANTIMONY PRODUCTION; AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE MATERIAL IS 7.9-20 FLASKS HG/TON.
Comment (Deposit): INTERSECTION OF TWO FAULTS
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 300 FT OF DRIFTS AND SHAFTS.
Comment (Geology): ROCKS INCLUDE QUARTZITE, PHYLLITE, AND LS INTRUDED BY GRANITE AND OVERLAIN BY RHYOLITE TUFF AND AGGLOMERATE, CINNABAR ALSO IN LOW GRADE PLACERS OF MINE WORKINGS
Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSIST OF 11 CLAIMS; WITHIN AN UNSURVEYED AREA APPROXIMATELY .5 MILE NNW OF PEAK 8910, CENTER OF THE NE/4 SECT. 4, T.9N., R.45E.; 1.5 MILE SW OF INTERSECTION OF ANTONE CREEK AND MEADOW CANYON WITHIN A NORTHWEST-TRENDING SUBSIDERY DRAINAGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ANTONE CREEK.
References
Reference (Deposit): ANCTIL, R.J. AND MELBYE,C.E.,1965, GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE WARREN (FLOWER) QUICKSILVER MINE: NBMG FILE 213, ITEM 1.
Reference (Deposit): ERVINE, W.B., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL ZONING OF THE SPANISH BELT MINING DISTRICT, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: STANFORD UNIV. PH.D. THESIS, P.129.
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC-8252, 256 P.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1985, NBMG FIELD/SITE EXAMINATION AND SAMPLING.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H. RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA (NBMG ?).
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. 134-136
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCUY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 256
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.
