The Langworthy Property is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 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
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.01389, -117.76250
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Langworthy Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Langworthy Property
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Winnemucca 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: Paul Langworthy
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION UNKNOWN
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: IRREGULAR SHAPE, VEINLETS OF CINNABAR AND CALCITE
Comment (Commodity): WITH GOLD AND SILVER
References
Reference (Deposit): 1979 MILS DATA
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP OF HUMBOLDT CO.NEV; N.B.M.G. BULL 59, PL. 1
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; IN USBM IC. 8252.
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.
