The Little Linda Prospect is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.30611, -118.09417
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Little Linda Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Linda Prospect
Secondary: Cowan
Secondary: Nevada Almaden
Secondary: Big Quick Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Spring Valley 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
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: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BROKEN GROUND CUT BY IRREGULAR TUFF-BEARING CLASTIC DIKES AND VEINS OF CALCITE CONTAINING CRYSTALS AND COATINGS OF CINNABAR. HANGING WALL, ANDESITE. STRINGERS AND SMALL IRREGULAR AGGREGATES OF CINNABAR ARE SCATTERED IN A MATRIX OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE GANGUE.
Comment (Workings): 700 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS DISTRIBUTED ON 4 LEVELS THROUGH A VERTICAL INTERNAL OF 150 FT. ABOUT 110 FT LOWER ON THE HILL, AN EXPLORATORY ADIT WAS DRIVEN STRAIGHT FOR 250 FT SW TO REACH BENEATH THE AREA OF UPPER WORKINGS, BUT ALTHOUGH IT PASSED THROUGH A FEW CLASTIC DIKES, IT APPARENTLY FAILED TO ENCOUNTER ANY ORE.
Comment (Development): EIGHT CLAIMS. THE ORIGINAL LITTLE LINDA CLAIM WAS LOCATED IN 1953 AND IN LATE 1954 AND EARLY 1955. THE LITTLE LINDA 2-8 CLAIMS WERE STAKED BY T.A. COWAN AND M.G. WHITE IN 1953 A PRODUCTION OF 11 FLASKS WAS RECOVERED APPARENTLY FROM NEAR-SURFACE ORE. IN 1954-55, COWAN MINED IN OPEN CUTS AND THROUGH ADITS, CONSTRUCTED A 2-PIPE RETORT, AND REPORTED PRODUCTION OF AN ADDITIONAL 6 FLASKS. ALTHOUGH HE CONTINUED WORK UNTIL 1958, NO ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED, BUT JUDGING FROM THE SIZE OF THE DUMP, IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT THE MINE HAS YIELDED MORE MERCURY THAN THE RECORDS INDICATE. ORE WAS HAND-SORTED AND PROCESSED IN A RETORT 100 FT S. OF THE LOWER PORTAL. NEVADA ALMADEN PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY W.G ADAMSON PRIOR TO 1909.
Comment (Location): ABOUT 1 KM N OF AMERICAN CANYON ROAD . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1914, THE ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA;USGS BULL 580-M
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY,NEVADA;NBMG BULL 89.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, MINING DISTRICT IN HUMBOLT COUNTY, NEVADA;USGS BULL 414.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY POTENTIAL IN THE U.S.;USBM IC 8252.
Reference (Deposit): VIKRE, P.G., 1978, PH.D. THESIS, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA;STANFORD U.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUB. DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE ET. AL., 1969, USGS GQ-820.
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.
