The Warm Springs is a mercury mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Warm Springs MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Warm Springs
Secondary: Lime Cap
Secondary: Mercury
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1935
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deposit Surrounded By Hot Spring Sinter Material
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Country Rock Oxidized And Argillezed
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1930'S
Comment (Production): LESS THAN 20 FLASKS TOTAL PRODUCTION
Comment (Development): PERIODS OF PRODUCTION FROM 1939-1941 AND 1955-1956
Comment (Deposit): NARROW VEIN, N85E, 85S ALONG A FAULT IN ALTERED RHYOLITE TUFF.
Comment (Geology): CINNABAR OCCURS IN A NARROW VEIN THAT STRIKES N85E AND DIPS 85S ALONG A FAULT IN ALTERED RHYOLITE TUFF, DATE AT 24 M.Y.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFT SEVERAL PITS
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A SMALL ISOLATED HILL LESS THAN 1 MILE WEST OF HIGHWAY 8A. IT WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE 1930'S WITH PERIODS OF PRODUCTION FROM 1939 TO 1941, AND 1955 TO 1956. TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS LESS THAN 20 FLASKS. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT, AND SEVERAL PITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV, N.B.M. BULL 88
Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 40, REFERENCE NO. 3201500204
Reference (Deposit): MCKEE E.H. & STEWART J. (1968) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CEDARS QUAD, USGS OPEN-FILE MAP
Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K., 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.
