The Unnamed Occurrence is a mercury mine located in Carson City county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,551 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: 4,551 Feet (1,387 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 39.18639, -119.65750
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Unnamed Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Carson City
District: Carson City District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): CARSON RIVER - BELOW SANTIAGO MILL, LOCATION TO COMMON CORNER
Comment (Production): OVERTON INDICATES LARGE PRODUCTION IN 1895
Comment (Deposit): HG FROM AMALGAM TAILINGS (COMSTOCK MINE)
References
Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, AND WASHOE COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 46
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Production): BAILEY AND PHOENIX
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.
