The Prentiss Prospect is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,951 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,951 Feet (1,509 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.36, -117.45667
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Prentiss Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prentiss Prospect
Secondary: Paradise View
Secondary: Hot Shot
Secondary: Blue Bucket
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: Cr. Prentiss
Years: 1944 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Unnamed Ne Normal Fault 1/2 Mi To Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Replacement Of Limestone
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS AND SEVERAL TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): BEST ORE ALONG BEDDING PLANE SHEARS; CINNABAR FORMS CRYSTALLINE VEINLETS WITH CALCITE AND SOME QUARTZ, AND OCCURS ALSO, AS SCATTERED ISOLATED CRYSTALS IN LIMESTONE AND CALCAREOS QUARTZITE. OPALITE FRAGMENTS OCCUR IN THE MINE DUMP BUT CONTAIN NO CINNABAR.
Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1940; OWNED IN 1944 BY C.R. PRENTISS. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 9 CLAIMS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL TRENCHES AND 2,30-FOOT SHAFTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
Comment (Deposit): 9 CLAIMS
References
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 MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B., 29 APR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION
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.
