Storm Prospect

The Storm Prospect is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,098 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: Storm Prospect
Secondary: Wagon Wheel Claims
Secondary: Storm Property
Secondary: Storm Location

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Table Mountain 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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1941
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Location): 30 MILES EAST OF LOVELOCK, SOUTH SIDE FENCEMAKER CANYON; 1/2/ MILE SOUTH AT FENCEMAKER CANYON ROAD. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): BY THE END OF 1943 DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF A 25-FOOT SHAFT AND 3 SHALLOW TRENCHES.

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS EXPLORE A ZONE OF ALTERATION AND SHEARING THAT CUTS LIMESTONE AND SHALE. CINNABAR OCCURS IN VEINS IN THE LIMESTONE EXPOSED IN THE WALLS OF THE SHAFT AND IN A NEARBY TRENCH.

Comment (Workings): 25-FT SHAFT AND 3 SHALLOW TRENCHES.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD IS AN UPDATED VERSION WHICH CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM M055262 THAT WAS DELETED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN USBM IC 8252

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

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

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.