The York Mine is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.35, -117.47583
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York Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: York Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Poverty Peak District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Star City Mines, Ltd.
Years: 1969 -
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): IDLE 4 - 1969 , NO PRODUCTION DATA
Comment (Deposit): BOTH SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): WEST SLOPE HOT SPRINGS RANGE; UTM APPROXIMATE
References
Reference (Deposit): GALLAGHER, M. J., 1969, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1969: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 19 P
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.
