The Horse Mountain Property is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,558 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: 6,558 Feet (1,999 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.34306, -116.38972
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Horse Mountain Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Horse Mountain Property
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: G. C. Stagg And A. J. Quilici
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Opalization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION FROM MC DERMITT TWO DEGREE TOPO SHEET
References
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252
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.
