The Montgomery Summit Property is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Montgomery Summit Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Montgomery Summit Property
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Buena Vista 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: James Haughton, J. D. Newson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): DEVELOPED AS A MERCURY PROSPECT IN 1940; EARLIER WAS A GOLD PROSPECT
Comment (Deposit): VEINLETS OF CINNABAR IN NORTH-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE IN POST-ESMERALDA VOLCANIC ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V.38 NO.5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO.419
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.
