Gayer - Moo Property

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

Name: Gayer - Moo Property  

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.