The Berry Creek Group is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Berry Creek Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Berry Creek Group
Secondary: Liquid Metals
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Tuscarora
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Marcasite
Comments
Comment (Development): 7 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): VEIN/SHEAR ZONE IN ALTERED ANDESITE CONTAINS VEINS OF CINNABAR UP TO AN INCH THICK; ALSO DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS AND SMALL VEINLETS OF CINNABAR IN THE WALLROCK. BARITE OCCURS AS A GANGUE MINERAL.
Comment (Geology): A SHEAR ZONE IN ALTERRED ANDESITE CONTAINS VEINS OF CINNABAR UP TO AN INCH THICK, AND ALSO DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS AND SMALL VEINLETS OF CINNABAR IN THE WALLROCK. BARITE OCCURRS AS A GANGUE MINERAL. (BAILEY & PHOENIX, 1944)
Comment (Deposit): THE GROUP OF SEVEN CLAIMS IS ON BERRY CREEK ONE MILE WEST OF ITS JUNCTION W/MCCANN CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY & PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU 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.
