The Unnamed Mercury Prospects is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,501 feet.
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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: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.13028, -118.15444
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Unnamed Mercury Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Mercury Prospects
Secondary: Crawford ?
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope Springs District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Nw Trending Normal Faults; Syndinorium
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Jurassic
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PITS
Comment (Geology): SAME BED AS MINED AT PERSHING QUICKSILVER MINE ; GEOL.DESC: SAME BED AS MINED AT PERSHING (QUICKSILVER MINE)
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL PITS. SHOWS LIMITED PROMISE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): N/2 SE/4 AND SW/4 SEC. 9 AND S/2 NE/4 SEC. 15; UTTO COMMON SEC. CORNER
Comment (Deposit): SAME BED AS MINED AT THE PERSHING QUICKSILVER
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH, SUMMAROF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-61; V.I; SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821
Reference (Deposit): WALLACEETAL., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF BUFFALO MTN. QUAD., PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA; USGS MAP GQ-821
Reference (Production): NO PRODUCTION 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.
