The Lou Prospect is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Lou Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lou Prospect
Secondary: Murphy Lease
Secondary: Costa
Secondary: Red Cap ?
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Bell 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. Costa
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK CONSISTS OF ARGILALIZED ANDESITE OVERLAIN BY SILICIFED RHYOLITE
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION APPROXIMATE
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED FIRST FOR GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS ALONG A VERTICAL NORTH TRENDING FAULT. PYRITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS WERE MINED FOR GOLD IN THE PAST. CINNABAR OCCURRED IN SMALL BUNCHES, WIDELY SCATTERED.
Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT, A WINZE, AND A SUBLEVEL, PLUS 5 SCATTERED OPEN CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL.58
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): YORK, BERNARD; 1937, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE JOE COSTA QUICKSILVER PROPERTY
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.
