The Gayer - Moo Property is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 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
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.93639, -117.65972
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Gayer - Moo Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gayer - Moo Property
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Harmony District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: James Gayer And R.W. Moo
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Property In Lower Plate, Upper Plate Harmony Formation, Camb., Sonoma Thrust.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 15.300000+-
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJOINS PLYMOUTH PROPERTY
Comment (Deposit): WIDE RHYOTE DIKE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: DIKE CUTS SANDSTONE, GRIT AND QUARTZITE BRECCIA (QUARTZ LATITE DIKE, MIO, CUTS VALMY FORMATION, ORD; GILLULY, 1967)
Comment (Deposit): LAST OPERATED 1941 ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WINNEMUCCA QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND PERSHING COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 656
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.
