The Holt Property is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,098 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.39667, -117.47000
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Holt Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Holt Property
Secondary: Red Hope, Bronco, Xx, and Xxx Claims
Secondary: Ralph Holt Halt, Reed.
Secondary: Little Mike
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: Ralph Holt Domingo Aranguena
Years: 1944 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1944
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: L
Description: Folds, Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): N-MOST END OF HOT SPRINGS RANGE - (UNSURVEYED) AREA
Comment (Development): 15 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): ROCKS ARE CUT BY NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS. CINNABAR CRYSTALS UP TO 0.5 CM OCCUR IN THE VEINS AND FRACTUR-ES. A LARGE QUARTZ VEIN, ABOUT 0.5 M WIDE, HAS DIFFUSE BOUNDAR-IES AND ABUNDANT CINNABAR CRYSTALS DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE- VEIN. THE 30-FT ADIT EXPLORES SILICIFIED LIMESTONE CUT BY NUM-EROUS QUARTZ VEINLETS. NO VISIBLE CINNABAR WAS NOTED IN THE AD-IT.
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, 6 TRENCHES; SMALL OPEN CUT, 30-FT ADIT BELOW THE CUT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: SOME CINNABAR IN QUARTZ VEIN ALONG FRACTURE PARALLEL TO BEDDING. CINNABAR DISSEMINATED IN SOFT SEDIMENTARY ROCK. ORE IS LOCALIZED IN LIMESTONE AND CALCAREOUS QUARTZITE ALONG BEDDING PLANE FAULTS AND TRANSVERSE FRACTURES.
Comment (Deposit): 250-FT-LONG ADIT DRIVEN ACROSS STRIKE OF STEEPLY-DIPPING THIN-BEDDED CHERT. OWNED BY RALPH HOLT IN 1944. 4 CLAIMS DEVELOPED ALSO BY 2 SHAFTS AND 6 TRENCHES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
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; UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38 NO. 5; GEOL. MIN. SER. NO. 5.
Reference (Deposit): BENSON, W.T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR CO., ORE: U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 5285.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
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.
