Disaster Peak Property

The Disaster Peak Property is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,751 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Disaster Peak Property
Secondary: Nevada Cinnabar Group
Secondary: Bretchell Mercury Deposit.

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Disaster District; Disaster 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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Harry Bretchel And G.F. Schaefer

Production

Year: 1940
Time Period: 1940
Material type: ORE HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1 Lb/Ton Hg

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1939
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: BLANKET

Structure

Type: R
Description: Mc Dermitt Caldera Collapse Structure

Type: L
Description: Two North - Trending Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification; Argillic

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Gypsum

Comments

Comment (Workings): ADITS

Comment (Geology): CINNABAR IN SILICIFIED VOLCANIC ROCKS

Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1939; OWNED IN 1944 BY HARRY BRETCHELLAND G.F. SCHAEFER. IT WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED IN 1940 AND 1941 BY STIVE CRUTCHARRAY AND P. APESTEGUY. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF A NE-TRENDING, 95-FT ADIT AND A 32-FT ADIT 25 FT. ABOVE, NINE UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): NEAR BASE OF DISASTER PEAK

Comment (Deposit): NINE UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS

References

Reference (Production): BENSON, W.T., 1956

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL 38, NO. 5; MIN. SER 41.

Reference (Deposit): YATES, R.G., 1942; QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE OPALITE DISTRICT, MALHEUR CO. ORE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: USGS. BULL 931-N.

Reference (Deposit): BENSON, W.T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND MALHEUR CO., ORE; USBM. REPT. INV. 5285.

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.