The Berry Creek Group is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 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: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.28972, -116.29417
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Berry Creek Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Berry Creek Group
Secondary: Liquid Metals
Secondary: Silverado
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Tuscarora District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Earl Whinery Et Al.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1941
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nne Trending Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON BERRY CREEK, 1 MILE WEST OF MC CANN CREEK
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PYRITE AND (?) MARCASITE PRESENT BUT IS SOMEWHAT OLDER THAN HG. BEDDED ANDESITE TUFFS AND FLOWS INTRUDED BY ANDESITE PLUGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, 1936, THE TUSCARORA MINING DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 25
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.
