Mercury No. 1 Claim

The Mercury No. 1 Claim is a mercury mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.

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: Mercury No. 1 Claim  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 37.41222, -114.11444

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Satelite image of the Mercury No. 1 Claim

Mercury No. 1 Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mercury No. 1 Claim
Secondary: Mercury 1-6 Claims?


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Vigo Mountain District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN


References

Reference (Deposit): MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, UNPUBLISHED NBMG MANUSCRIPT


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.