The Unnamed Mercury is a mercury mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Mercury MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Mercury
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Beowawe 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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicilization Along Shear Zones
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): NW/4 NE/4
Comment (Deposit): FAULT ZONE CONTAINING CINNABAR
Comment (Geology): CINNABAR ALONG FAULT TRACE IN SILICIFIED VALMY FORMATION
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 172, REFERENCE NO. 3201100 177
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, P. 99
Reference (Deposit): CRIB FILE
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J. ETAL (1967 GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B.M. BULL. 64
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.
