Painted Hills Mine

The Painted Hills Mine is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,902 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: Painted Hills Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2979

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Warm Springs District; Virgin Valley Disrtict

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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Hot Spring
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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2979 CONTAINS 1 % FE, 0.02 % MG, 0.2 % CA, 0.15 % TI, 50 PPM MN, 50 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 15 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 5 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, AND 200 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Chalcedony

Comments

Comment (Workings): OPEN PITS AND LARGE DOZER CUTS.

Comment (Location): ON WEST EDGE OF MCGEE MOUNTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984. MAY HAVE HAD A SIZEABLE PAST PRODUCTION JUDGING FROM THE SIZE OF THE WORKINGS. SUPPLIED MERCURY TO THE ASHDOWN MINE.

Comment (Deposit): HIGHLY ALTERED, IRON-STAINED (RED OCHER) TUFF. SOME CHALCEDONIC MATERIAL APPEARED TO HAVE MERCURY INCLUSIONS. SAMPLE 2979 WAS SELECTED FROM OPEN CUTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1 OCT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

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

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL. 59, PL. 1.

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.