The Plymouth Property is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.93639, -117.65861
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Plymouth Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Plymouth Property
Secondary: O'Leary Quicksilver
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Harmony 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
Owner Name: Greenan Quicksilver Co.
Years: 1941 -
Owner Name: Greenan Quicksilver Co.,
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1929
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sonoma Thrust
Type: L
Description: Prospect In Lower Plate, Upper Plate Harmony Formation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 15.300000+-
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ALTERED DIKES
Comment (Workings): SHORT ADITS
Comment (Deposit): GREENAN QUICKSILVER COMPANY EXPLORED THE PROPERTY IN 1941. SHORT ADITS EXPLORE MILDLY METAMORPHOSED SANDSTONE, GRITS, AND EASTERLY-TRENDING SILICIFIED AND ALTERED DIKES OF RHYOLITE. CINNABAR IS SAID TO OCCUR IN SCATTERED PODS AND VEINLETS IN THE ALTERED DIKES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M055353, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.
Comment (Location): IN CANYON BETWEEN WATER AND HARMONY CANYONS; ADJOINS GAYER-MOO PROPERTY
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, EDGAR H., AND D. A. PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.
Reference (Production): BAILEY, E. H., AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WINNEMUCCA QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND PERSHING COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS MAP GQ 656.
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961: VOL. 1, SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO, 94105.
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.
