The Rick Property is a mercury mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,121 feet.
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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: 5,121 Feet (1,561 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.86083, -118.04861
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Rick Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rick Property
Secondary: Riek Property
Secondary: Reik - George Property
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Fish Lake Valley District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: W. G. Weatherford And Carl Riek
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Silver Peak Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Flat - Lying Volcanic Rocks
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Sulfur
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR IN VEINS IN BLEBS AND STRINGERS OF SULFUR
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): SULLIVAN, 1961, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78
Reference (Deposit): 5) HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
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.
