The Harry Woods Prospect is a mercury mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 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: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.79389, -119.62361
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Harry Woods Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Harry Woods Prospect
Secondary: Mary Lee
Secondary: Margaret Dee Claims
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Lone Pine 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
Discovery Year: 1940
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Volcanics Strike North, Dip Gently East
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults, Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization, Silicification, Opalization, Hydrothermal
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): JUST WEST OF ANTELOPE GROUP. CLAIMS DO NOT LIE WITHIN SHELDON NATIONAL ANTELOPE REFUGE. UTM IS FOR CENTER OF CLAIMS NEAR CREEK CONVERGENCE.
Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED MUCH EARLIER FOR GOLD; LATER STAKED FOR HG.
Comment (Workings): FEW SMALL PITS
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M232565, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.
References
Reference (Deposit): STAFF, 1965, MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U. S.: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P 269.
Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, AND WASHOE COUNTIES: NBMG BULL. 46.
Reference (Deposit): CATHRALL, J.B., ET AL, 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHARLES SHELDON WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, HUMBOLDT AND WASHOE COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-1002.
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1941, SOME QUICKSILVER PROSPECTS IN ADJACENT PARTS OF NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, AND OREGON: USGS BULL. 931-B.
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.
