Berry Creek Group

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

Name: Berry Creek Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

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

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.