The Container Mine is a mercury mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.86028, -118.25222
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Container Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Container Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Fish Lake Valley District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Lee Pitts
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3-5 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1927
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: White Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault And A Ne Trending Normal Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS CONNECTED BY A SHAFT, A SMALL GLORY HOLE, SEVERAL OPEN PITS, TRENCHES, AND TWO SHORTADITS.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IN ROOF PENDANT OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS ; GEOL.DESC: ORE IN ROOF PENDANT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): VISIBLE RESERVES VERY LOW, 1943
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): ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78
Reference (Deposit): ROBINSON AND CROWDER, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA AND MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS MAP GQ - 1078.
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.
