The North Fork Mine is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.83417, -118.34028
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North Fork Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Fork Mine
Secondary: Mercury King
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mount Tobin District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Ownership
Owner Name: Southern Pacific Railroad
Years: 1936 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1941
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1941 WITH SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1942-43. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF ADITS AND DRIFTS CONNECTED TO A 13-FOOT SHAFT, AND NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): ON ALPHA MOUNTAIN
Comment (Production): PROSPECTING BEGAN IN 1936, NO ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED YET AT TIME OF REPORT. AVERAGE VEIN MATERIAL VALUE IS $25/TON. ARSENOPYRITE VEINS CARRY AU VALUES UP TO $70/TON.
Comment (Workings): ADITS, DRIFTS, OPENCUTS
Comment (Geology): VEINLETS AND CRUSTS OF CINNABAR LINE FRACTURES IN A SHEAR ZONE CROSSING SANDSTONE & CONGLOMERATE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICK SILVER DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; USBM 1C 6902
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977
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.
