The Sheep Corral Mine is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Sheep Corral Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sheep Corral Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Ivanhoe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1944
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Northwest Trending Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Replacement-Formation Of Opalite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FAULT ZONE MINERALIZATION. BOTH FAULT ZONE AND FOOTWALL HAVE BEEN SILICIFIED AND LENTICULAR ORE BODIES OCCUR ALONG THIS ZONE
Comment (Workings): 50-FT INCLINED SHAFT AND A CONNECTING DRIFT ABOUT 150-FT LONG.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED ALONG A NORTHWEST TRENDING FAULT ZONE THAT SEPARATES OBSIDIAN ON THE HANGING WALL FROM TUFF ON THE FOOTWALL. BOTH THE FAULT ZONE AND THE FOOT WALL TUFF HAVE BEEN SILICIFIED AND LENTICULAR OPALITE ORE BODIES WHICH LOCALLY ATTAIN 8 FT. IN THICKNESS HAVE BEEN MINED ALONG THIS ZONE.
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED A MILE WEST OF THE GOVERNOR MINE FURNACE, DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 50 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND A CONNECTING DRIFT APPROX. 150 FEET LONG. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 4 P.; 5 PERS COMM
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY & PHOENIX (1949) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 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.
