The Stockton Property is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 39.01806, -118.46694
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Stockton Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stockton Property
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Regent District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. W. Stockton
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1929
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Opalitization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): ON BLACK EAGLE HILL, 400 YDS W. OF BLACK EAGLE MINE; LOCATION TO QUARTER CORNER; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = RAWHIDE (1980) 1:24000
Comment (Development): IN 1929 A SMALL AMOUNT OF WORK DONE BY BOB OILEE MINING CO. OF SAN FRANCISCO BY 1943 PROPERTY WAS IDLE.
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR IN RHYOLITE TUFF WHERE IT IS ALTERED TO OPALITE. THE CINNABAR FORMS VERY NARROW VEINLETS AND CLOTS IN THE FRESH TUFF.
Comment (Workings): 165-FOOT ADIT TRENDING S 30 E INTO THE HILL.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADAF NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY & PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
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.
