The P-3 Claims #56 is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,701 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.38778, -117.44556
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P-3 Claims #56 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: P-3 Claims #56
Secondary: May Cover Little Mike and Little Mike Extension. Nbmg Sample Sites
Secondary: 2454 and 2455
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Poverty Peak 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: John D. Wood Of Winne Mucca, Nv
Years: 1985 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2454 OF QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.15% TI, 70 PPM MN, 1.5 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 0.2 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 50 PPM B, 70 PPM BA, 10 PPM CR, 20 PPM CU, 30 PPM LA, 10 PPM NI, 15 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR, AND 1.7 LB/TON MG. SAMPLE 2455 OF QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL IN OLD PROSPEC T PIT, CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.07% TI, 70 PPM MN, 30 PPM B, 150 PPM BA, 20 PPM CR, 10 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 20 PPM NI, 7 PPM SC, 70 PPM V, 70 PPM ZR , AND 1.4 LB/T HG.
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM IS FOR SAMPLE SITE 2454. UTM FOR SAMPLE SITE 2455 IS N4583000,E 463950. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): EASTERN MOST WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 50 FT DEEP (OPEN, TRENDS N 65 W 48 DEGREES). ABOUT 200 FT WEST IS ANOTHER INCLINED SHAFT, OPEN, ABOUT 50 FT DEEP, TRENDING N 55 W 70 DEGREES. SMALL PIT BETWEEN THESE TWO SHAFTS. THESE WORKINGS ARE ON TOP OF A RIDGE. 2 MORE SHAFTS ABOUT 150 FT WEST OF THESE; ONE ON OR JUST OFF RIDGE LINE TO SOUTH AND ONE BELOW IT APPROXIMATELY 100 FT ON N. SIDE OF GULLY. UPPERMOST SHAFT ABOUT 30 FT DEEP; LOWER SHAFT ABOUT 50 + FT DEEP. 2 SMALLPITS AND A SHAFT ABOUT 25 FT DEEP NEXT TO ROAD.
Comment (Development): CLAIMS STAKED JUNE 1984. OLDER WORKINGS PRESENT BEFORE THIS CLAIM GROUP WAS STAKED. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985
Comment (Deposit): WHITE FE-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN ABOUT 1 FT WIDE. OTHER WORKINGS ALSOON QUARTZ VEINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): JONE, R.B., 29 APR. 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): VOEGTLY, N.E., 1981, USGS OFR 81-134.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.
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.
