Washington Hill Mine

The Washington Hill Mine is a mercury mine located in Storey county, Nevada.

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: Washington Hill Mine
Secondary: Rout Mine
Secondary: Washington Hill Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Castle Peak

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Hank Lufek
Years: 1942 -

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

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: North-Trending Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization, Silicification.

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Deposit): NORTH TRENDING FAULTS. MINERALIZED FAULT ZONES WITH DISSEMINATIONS AND VEINLETS

Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT, ADIT, CUTS, TRENCHES

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN BLEACHED AND ALTERED ANDESITE FLOWS, TUFFS AND BRECCIAS OF THE KATE PEAK FORMATION. CINNABAR OCCURS AS FINE-GRAINED DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS AND IRREGULAR VEINLETS ALONG NORTH-TRENDING FAULTS. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL OPEN PIT, A 200-FT. ADIT, AND NUMEROUS CUTS AND TRENCHES. OPALITE PODS & LENSES ARE APPARENTLY NEARLY BARREN.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD IS AN UPDATED ONE INCLUDING DUPLICATE INFORMATION FROM M055255 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES COULD PRODUCE 50FL (1942)

References

Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J. A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 49

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

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H. USGS, PERSONAL FILES.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 70

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.