The Montezuma Prospect Hg is a mercury mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,558 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,558 Feet (1,999 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.67111, -117.40417
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Montezuma Prospect Hg MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Montezuma Prospect Hg
Secondary: Mr Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1375
Secondary: Sweeny Mine?
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Montezuma 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank Mcmillan And The Estate Of J. P. Sweeney ; Energy Resources Group
Years: 1944 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1928
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Tuffs And Lake Beds, Forming A Rib Of Opalite, Hydrothermal
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): 6 CLAIMS, DEVELOPED BY SWEENEY AND MCMILLAN AND VARIOUS LESSEES, BUT NOT ENOUGH ORE WAS FOUND TO JUSTIFY ERECTION OF REDUCTION EQUIPMENT.
Comment (Deposit): TUFFS AND LAKE BEDS ARE SILICIFIED ALONG HANGING WALL OF FAULT (CAMBRIAN EL DORADO LIMESTONE FAULTED AGAINST MIOCENE VOLCANOGENIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS) TO FORM AN OPALITE RIB IN WHICH CINNABAR IS DISSEMINATED. CINNABAR ALSO OCCURS IN THE UNSILICIFIED TUFF BEDS BUT IS MOST CONCENTRATED IN THE OPALITE NEAR THE FAULTED CONTACT WITH THE LIMESTONE. CINNABAR IS FOUND IN BRECCIA PIPES AND IN AN IRREGULAR SILICIFIED RUBBLE ZONE.
Comment (Workings): 180-FT. ADIT WITH 175 FT. OF CONNECTING DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS; A FEW SCATTERED CUTS AND A SHAFT; SMALL OPEN PIT
Comment (Location): ON WEST SIDE OF MONTEZUMA PEAK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38, NO. 5; GEOL. & MIN. SER. NO. 41, P. 76-77
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 78, P. 58, 70.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 12 MAY, 83.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, USBM IC 8252.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
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.
