Unnamed Mine

The Unnamed Mine is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Unnamed Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 38.36, -117.91889

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Unnamed Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed 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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: 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: Pilot Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar


Comments

Comment (Location): 1 MI E OF INMAN MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS TOPOGRAPHIC MAP, EDDYVILLE, NEVADA, 1980, 1:24000


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.