The Crystal Prospect is a lead, silver, and mercury mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.24306, -114.31639
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Crystal Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crystal Prospect
Secondary: Part of the Clover Group 1978
Secondary: Crystal Mercury
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 578
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Viola District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Crystal Mining Corp. Of Nevada
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: 1955-1957
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^25-26 Lb Hg/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Limestone
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 578 CONTAINS 1000 PPM AG, 3000 PPM AS, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM BA, GREATER THAN 500 PPM CD, GREATER 20,000 PPM CU, 300 PPM MO GREATER THAN 20000 PPM PB, GREATER THAN 10000 PPM SB, 1500 PPM SR, GREATER THAN 10000 PPM ZN.
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJACENT TO BLUE NOSE GROUP. AT LEAST 18 CLAIMS, THE EARLIEST OF WHICH WERW IN AN AREA N AND W OF BLUE NOSE PEAK; LATER MORE CLAIMS TO 1.5 MILES S OF BLUE NOSE PEAK.
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS IN THE SHAFT AREA IN A FOOT-WIDE BROKEN, LOCALLY BANDED ZONE FORMED ALONG A FAULT CUTTING THE LIMESTONE. FRAGMENTS ON THE DUMP CONTAINED CRUSTS OF CINNABAR AS MUCH AS 0.125 INCH THICK, AND SELECTED PIECES WOULD PROVIDE GOOD RETORT-GRADE ORE. OTHER WORKINGS 1000 FT E OF THE SHAFT WERE DUG IN SILICIFIED IRON-STAINED LIMESTONE. HERE AZURITE AND MALACHITE OCCUR WITH BARITE VEINS, AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF CINNABAR WAS FOUND BY PANNING THE DUMP MATERIAL. CINNABAR-BEARING STRINGERS IN THE LIMESTONE PINCH OUT AT DEPTH; IN THE CAPPING CINNABAR IS PRESENT AS DISSEMINATIONS AND CRYSTAL CLUSTERS. WORKINGS EXPLORE PODS OF RECRYSTALLIZED LIMESTONE IN LIMESTONE ALONG FRACTURES TRENDING N50E. CLOTS OF GALENA, TETRAHEDRITE OCCUR IN PODS ALONG WITH GREEN AND YELLOW-GREEN COPPER AND LEAD OXIDE MINERALS. VEINS AND BRECCIA FILLINGS OF CALCITE BARITE, FLUORITE OCCUR. SOME FLUORITE CRYSTALS FILL VUGS IN BARITE-CEMENTED BRECCIA AT SAMPLE 578 SITE. STRUCTURE IS NOT CLEARLY DEFINED. IN THE SAMPLE,
Comment (Deposit): THE ROCK MATRIX IS MAINLY PALE GREEN TO COLORLESS FLUORITE.
Comment (Workings): SCATTERED CUTS AND A SHALLOW SHAFT WITH CONNECTED SHORT ADIT ABOUT 0.25 MILE NORTH OF BLUE NOSE PEAK; SCATTERED PITS
Comment (Development): ORIGINAL CLAIMS WERE IN AN AREA N AND W OF BLUE NOSE PEAK AND IN 1980 THE GROUND APPARENTLY WAS INCLUDED IN THE CLOVER GROUP OF MORE THAN 60 CLAIMS EXTENDING FROM ONE MINE NW OF THE PEAK TO 1.5 MILES S OF IT. THE ORIGINAL LOCATORS, LATER JOINED BY O.C. MUDD AND D.E. COTNER DEVELOPED THE PROPERTY BETWEEN 1955 AND 1962. A SMALL RETORT WAS ERECTED NEAR THE SHAFT AND IN 1955 AT LEAST ONE FLASK OF HG WAS PRODUCED. IN 1957, THE CRYSTAL MINING CORP. REPORTED THAT THEY WERE RETORTING ORE, BUT RCORDED NO PRODUCTION.
References
Reference (Production): NBMG UNPUB. REPT.
Reference (Deposit): OBSERVATION
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.
