The Omaniimalnia Claim is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Omaniimalnia Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Omaniimalnia Claim
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2675
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope Springs District; Relief 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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw- Striking Faults, N-S Striking Faults
Type: L
Description: Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): WIDE BRECCIA ALONG VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE IN LIMESTONE AND FISSILE SHALE. UPPER CUT IS IN LIMESTONE; LOWER IN SHALE. BRECCIA IS COMPOSED OF FRAGMENTS OF SILICIFIED LIMESTONE AND SHALE CEMENTED BY QUARTZ WITH SOME CALCITE. THE BRECCIA IS VUGGY, HAS BRIGHT RED CINNABAR IN SOME FRAGMENTS. A FRACTURE CUTTING THE BRECCIA IS LINED WITH A THICK COATING OF MALACHITE AND CALCITE. BRECCIA FOR 1 TO 2 INCHES AWAY FROM FRACTURE IS HEAVY WITH LIMONITE AND DISSEMINATED CINNABAR.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT AND SHORT ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION, JUNE 20, 1985.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, P. 48-49, PL.I.
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.
