The Snowdrift Property is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.37083, -117.43278
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Snowdrift Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snowdrift Property
Secondary: Zilkey Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Poverty Peak 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. O. And R.J. Zilkey
Owner Name: N. H. Getchell
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: 1
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): SMALL AMOUNTS OF CINNABAR OCCUR AS CRYSTALLINE BUNCHES IN CALCITE VEINLETS ; GEOL.DESC: ATTITUDE OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS: NE/45W
Comment (Commodity): OCCURS AS CRYSTALLINE BUNCHES IN CALCITE VEINLETS
Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROBABLY NO RESERVES
Comment (Location): WEST SIDE OF HOT SPRINGS PEAK; EAST SIDE, TOO.
Comment (Development): SNOWDRIFT PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED ON THE NE SLOPE OF HOT SPRINGS PEAK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 73-FT AD-IT. IN 1940, N. H. GETCHELL LEASED THE PROPERTY AND BUILT A RO-AD TO IT. MORE RECENT TRENCHING ALONG THE ACCESS ROAD HAS EXPO-SED ADDITIONAL ORE. 2 ADITS ARE DEVELOPED ON THE WEST SIDE OF -HOT SPRINGS PEAK JUST BELOW THE SUMMIT.
Comment (Deposit): LARGE CINNABAR CRYSTALS OCCUR IN QUARTZ VEINS WHICH FORM A STOCKWORK IN SANDY LIMESTONE WHICH HAS BEEN SILICIFIED -AND LOCALLY BRECCIATED. SCHUETTEITE OCCURS AS COATINGS ON CINN-ABAR, AND CALCITE RARELY OCCURS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE VEI-N.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, ONE 30 FT LONG AND ONE 120 FT LONG ARE DEVELOPED ON THE WEST SIDE OF HOT SPRINGS PEAK JUST BELOW THE SUMM-IT; TRENCHING ALONG ACCESS ROAD; ADIT ON EAST SIDE OF HOT SPRI-NGS PEAK.
Comment (Deposit): SOME EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-FORMED CINNABAR CRYSTALS WERE HAND-SORTED AND SOLD TO MINERAL COLLECTORS. DISCOVERED IN FEB., 1940, AND LEASED TO N.H. GETCHELL WHO BUILT A STEEP ROAD TO THE MAIN ADIT, WHICH EXTENDS 73 FT. INTO THE HILL. ADITS OCCUR BOTH ON EAST AND WEST SIDES OF HOT SPRINGS PEAK.. ROAD NOT PASSABLE IN 1985 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B., 29 APR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION
Reference (Production): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. U. BULL. VOL. 38, NO. 5; GEOL & MIN SER. NO. 41
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA MERCURY DEPOSITS.
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.
