The Hitt Mine is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.36583, -117.99333
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Hitt Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hitt Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
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: Bert Hilt, Mina, Nevada
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
Year Last Production: 1948
Discovery Year: 1929
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Cinnbar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN A SMALL CANYON WEST OF DUNLAP CANYON, ABOUT 1 1/4 MI WEST OF THE MINA DEVELOPMENT CO MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): 10 FLASKS HG WERE PRODUDCED FROM THE HITTAND MAMMOTH MINES DURING 1943-48.
Comment (Workings): THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 ADITS WITH ABOUT 400 FT OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS AND SMALL STOPES. THE UPPER ADIT CONNECTS WITH A SMALL GLORY HOLE.
Comment (Geology): THE ROCKS IN THE AREA STRIKE NE AND DIP 34 DEGREES NW. THE WORKINGS EXPLORE A FAULT THAT TRENDS NW AND DIPS S7 DEGREES SW.
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR, ASSOCIATED WITH CALCITE, MANAGESE AND CLAYS, IS DISSEMINATED IN FAULT GOUGE AND SANDSTONE, OCCURS ALONG BEDDING PLANES IN SANDSTONE, AND FILLS STACKS AND FISSURES IN SANDSTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.
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. 143-171.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA UNIV. BULL, V. 38, 00.5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 41.
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.
