The Drew Mine is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.38111, -117.92639
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Drew Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Drew Mine
Secondary: Bugg and Drew
Secondary: Farnham and Drew
Secondary: Red Devils
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Pilot Mountains 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Wagoner, Mrs. E. Drew
Home Office: Mina, Nevada
Owner Name: Mina Development Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1914
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Cinnabar Canyon And Los Steers Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SOME ORE CARRIED 18% HG, 28% PB, 44 OZ AG, AND 1 OZ AU PER TON
Materials
Gangue: Stibiconite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calamine
Gangue: Bindheimite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SCARLET, EARTHY CINNABAR IN LIMY SHALE AND LIMESTONE; THE ORE IS IN REPLACEMENT BODIES AND ALSO CONTAINS STIBICONITE, VALENTINITE, QUARTZ, CALCITE, SPHALERITE, CALAMINE AND BINDHEIMITE.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT CAVED ABOUT 10 FT DOWN, AND THREE LEVELS FROM SHAFT. THE INCLINED SHAFT WAS 70 FT DEEP AND THERE WERE ABOUT 120 FT OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS
Comment (Geology): THE HOST ROCKS ARE CRUSHED AND SHEARED BECAUSE OF THEIR PROXIMITY TO THE CINNABAR CANYON THRUST FAULT AND A LATER NORMAL FAULT.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
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: NEV. UNIV. BULL., V. 38, NO. 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 41.
Reference (Deposit): PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P 160-62.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUS. MINES INF. CTR. 6941.
Reference (Production): PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P. 146.
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.
