The Unamed Mercury is a mercury mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,820 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: 4,820 Feet (1,469 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 39.38667, -119.75417
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Unamed Mercury MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unamed Mercury
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Steamboat Springs 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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Walker Lane Fault System
Type: L
Description: Steamboat Hills Fault System
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Stibnite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, HF, GEOL MIN RESOURCES WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV NBM&G BULL 70, 1969
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, GA, WHITE, DE, REGIONAL GEOL, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA, WASHOE CO, USGS PROF P 458-A, 1964
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.
