Little Mike Extension

The Little Mike Extension is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,600 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Little Mike Extension

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: F. Stroude (1984?)

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Stockwork
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1970
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shearing And Brecciation

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Location): UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF SECTION 19. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): CINNABAR ORE PRESENT IN A 2-PIPE RETORT APPEARS TO BE FROM THE LITTLE MIKE PROPERTY

Comment (Workings): ADIT (NOW CAVED); 30-FT INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES; 2 PIPE RETORT

Comment (Deposit): SHEARED AND BRECCIATED LIMESTONE AND SILTY POLOMITE; STOCKWORK IN SEDIMENTS. NO VISIBLE CINNABAR WAS FOUND IN PLACE

References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J., AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, 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.