Tea Pot Prospect

The Tea Pot Prospect is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,640 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: Tea Pot Prospect

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation: 6,640 Feet (2,024 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 41.33667, -116.45278

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Tea Pot Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tea Pot Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Rock Creek District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Louis Salet


Production

Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^20 Lb/Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1942
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Northerly - Trending Faults And Quartz Veins


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION FROM MC DERMITT TWO DEGREE TOPO SHEET


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): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252

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.