The Mcnutt Mercury Prospect is a mercury mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,539 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,539 Feet (1,993 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.83833, -118.20583
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Mcnutt Mercury Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mcnutt Mercury Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Fish Lake Valley (White Mountain) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: 1
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NORTH OF MOUTH OF CHIATOVICH CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN AUGUST 1982, BUT DRILL CUTTINGS SEEN AT COLLAR OF HOLES DRILLED WITHIN THE PAST YEAR
Comment (Workings): CIRCULAR, METAL-LINED SHAFT CONNECTS WITH INCLINE, SMALL PIT
Comment (Geology): SHAFT ON SOUTH BANK IS COLLARED IN ALLUVIUM
Comment (Deposit): EXPOSURES TOO POOR TO DETERMINE TREND OF OPALITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): SHAFT TO SOUTH SUNK ON OPALITE LAYER IN SILICIFIED RHYOLITE LACED WITH HAIRLINE, SILICA-FILLED FRACTURES, WITH CINNABAR "PAINT" ALONG SOME FRACTURES. NORTH OF WASH IS AN ELONGATE HILL OF SILICIFIED RHYOLITE OUTCROPS RHYOLITE SHOWS FLOW-BANDING N 30-45 E, NEAR VERTICAL. ROCKS IS INTENSELY SILICIFIED, FE OX-STAINED ALONG FRACTURES, SHOWS SOME STOCKWORKS OF QUARTZ VEINING WITH FINE-GRAINED PYRITE EXPOSED IN SMALL PIT, LEACHED CAVITIES (AFTER FELDSPAR, BIOTITE) CONTAIN GOLDEN-BROWN MINERAL (JAROSITE)?
References
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NEV.; N.B.M.G. BULL. 78
Reference (Deposit): MILS, 1979, USBM
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, 15 AUGUST 1982.
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.
