The Anw Claims is a mercury mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Anw Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Anw Claims
Secondary: Perhaps Includes Pa
Secondary: Pb
Secondary: Pc
Secondary: Pd Placer Claims
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Don Dale 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
Discovery Year: 1965
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): AS MANY AS 60 CLAIMS S AND W OF THE ANDIES MINE. UTM IS TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THIS CLAIM BLOCK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = TEMPIUTE MOUNTAIN (1964) 1:625000
Comment (Development): STAKED IN MID TO LATE 1960'S WHEN PRICE OF MG WAS HIGH. MOST WERE LOCATED AND EXPLORED BY D.F. MILLER FOR THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC PRODUCTION CO., BUT THE LATEST RECORDED WORK, DONE IN 1970, WAS FOR LEBER MINING CO.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL LONG, VERY SHALLOW BULLDOZER CUTS, REPORTED DRILLING OF UNKNOWN EXTENT, AND IP GEOPHYSICAL WORK
References
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, UNPUB. MANUSCRIPT, NBMG
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.
