The Josepha Lenway Prospect is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Josepha Lenway Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Josepha Lenway Prospect
Secondary: Josepa
Secondary: Josefa
Secondary: Jasepa
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Opalite District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1937
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 400 FT EAST OF RUJA MINE.
Comment (Development): DEVELOPED IN 1963 TO 1968
Comment (Deposit): ORE RANGED IN GRADE FROM 10 TO 11 LB/TON
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: REFER TO RUJA MINE RECORD # M055463 FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY INFORMATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN USBM IC. 8252
Reference (Deposit): RYTUBA, J.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MCDERMITT CALDERA, OREGON-NEVADA; USGS OPEN FILE REPORT # OF 76-0535.
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.
