The Vermillion Prospect is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Vermillion Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vermillion Prospect
Secondary: Ogee & Low Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Bottle Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Walter Low And Charles Ogee
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1952
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Geology): CINNABAR IS ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED IN DIKE
Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1952; BOTH SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR IN DIABASE DIKE
References
Reference (Deposit): CRIB FILE
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP OF HUMBOLDT CO.; PL. 1 IN N.B.M.G-BULL 59.
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.
