The Vulcan Mine is a iron and mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Iron, Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.99806, -117.76694
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Vulcan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vulcan Mine
Secondary: Northwestern Mining Co. Claims
Secondary: Winnemucca Claim, Empire Claim, Vulcan Claim
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Winnemucca District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Northwestern Mining Co.
Years: 1913 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: 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
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 53% HG (PICKED VEIN SAMPLE)
Analytical Data: TO 65.7% FE
Analytical Data: TO 7.8% CU
Analytical Data: TO 43% PB
Analytical Data: ERRATIC ASSAY REULTS: UP TO $52.11/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bournonite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 5 CLAIMS
Comment (Location): E. SIDE WINNEMUCCA MTN.; 2 MILES FROM S.P.R.R. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(01?)
Comment (Geology): "IRON LEDGE" OVER 20 FT. THICK, TRACEABLE ACROSS 4 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): 5 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): SIRDEVAN, W. H., 1913, REPORT ON THE VULCAN MINES CO., UNPUBLISHED, ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES
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.
