The Trojan Prospect is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,991 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: 5,991 Feet (1,826 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.63278, -117.91000
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Trojan Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Trojan Prospect
Secondary: South View
Secondary: Southview Property
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Athens District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kenneth Dunhams
Home Office: Mina, Nv.
Years: 1966 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Paradise Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SMALL SEAMS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Andesite-Rhyolite Contact
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Tuff Is Sheared And Bleached.
Rocks
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 15 FT SHAFT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.H. JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 285
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE AND WILSON, 1962, MERCURY OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG MAP 7. ONE MILLION SCALE SET.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NBMG, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
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.
