The Lost Steers Mine is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,159 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,159 Feet (2,487 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.36861, -117.94556
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Lost Steers Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lost Steers 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Anderson, A. J. And Spencer, L. B.
Home Office: Mina, Nevada
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1913
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Barite-fluorite veins
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Several Small Faults, Seen Only Underground, And A Well-Developed Vertical Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Jurassic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Calomel
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Stibnite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Stibiconite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE MAIN WORKINGS EXPLORE A JOINTED, BROKEN LIMESTONE LENS IN THE DUNLAP FORMATIN, BUT A LOWER HAULAGE LEVEL HAS BEEN DRIVEN IN BROWN SANDY LIMESTONE AND SHALE LYING CONFORMABLY BENEATH THE LIMESTONE.
Comment (Location): SOUTHE OF MINA DEVELOPMENT CORP. MINE, NEARER TOP OF RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): ANNUAL PRODUCTION INCLUDED IN MINA DEVELOPMENT CO. MINE LISTING
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS: (1) AS CRYSTALS IN CALCITE VEINLETS IN LIMESTONE. (2) AS AN EARTHLY VARIETY FILLING CRACKS AND CAVITIES IN LIMESTONE, (3) AS CRYSTALS ASSOCIATED WITH CALCITE IN THE FAULT GOUGE, (4) AS CRYSTALS REPLACING STIHNITE. THE ORE BODY CONSISTED OF SMALL, SCATTERED, DISCONTINUOUS VEINLETS OF CINNABAR IN BROKEN LIMESTONE. IT WAS LOCALIZED IN A FRACTURED ZONE IN THE LIMESTONE, AND AT ITS BOTTOM WAS THE NEARLY FLAT LIMESTONE-SHALE CONTACT. NEAR THE MAIN WORKINGS, MANY CINNABAR- BEARING CALCITE STRINGERS CUT THE LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO SMALL FAULTS, BUT THEY ARE NOT SUFFICIENTLY NUMEROUS TO FORM ORE.
Comment (Workings): A SMALL GLORY HOLE, 40 FT LONG, 25 FT WIDE, 30 FT DEEP; AND SEVERAL SMALL ADJOINING CROSSCUTS
Comment (Deposit): SAME GROUP OF CLAIMS AS THE MINA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART-T.B., 1952, P. 146
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, NO.5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO.41.
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.
