The Unnamed Mercury-Gold Prospect is a mercury and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Unnamed Mercury-Gold Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Mercury-Gold Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 3153
Secondary: 3154
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Athens 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Volcanics Are Bleached And Argillized
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPL-E 3154 CONTAINS 2 % FE, 0.07 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.05 % TI, 200 P-PM MN, 2 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 70 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 7 PPM CU, 5 -PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 15 PPM PB, 15 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR.
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3153 CONTAINS 0.7 % FE, 0.07 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.05 % TI, 70 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 30 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 1 PPM B-E, 70 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 15 PPM V, 150 PPM ZR
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): OLD WORKINGS, BUT EXACT AGE IS UNKNOWN. FIRST PERIOD WAS FOR GOLD, LATER FOR MERCURY, AND RECENTLY DRILLED FOR GOL-D (MARCH, 1986)
Comment (Commodity): CINNABAR AND GOLD IN QUARTZ VEIN
Comment (Deposit): ON 250,000 TONOPAH SHEET, WARRIOR MINE SHOWN TO BE IN MINERAL COUNTY, COULD BE SAME AS COSTA PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): NEW ROAD TO TOP OF HILL 1 MILE SOUTH OF WARRIOR MINE. AREA OF PROSPECTS EXTENDS OVER INTO MINERAL COUNTY. UTM IS FOR NBMG SAMPLE SITE 3153. UTM FOR NBMG SAMPLE SITE 3-154 IS N 4273530, E 427200 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS ARE ON A HILL ABOUT 500 FT ABOVE AND 1 MILE S OF WARRIOR MINE, BUT WITHIN THE SAME WELDED TUFF UNIT. MOST- OF THE WORKINGS ARE ALONG SILICIFIED ZONES WITHIN SHEARS THAT- CUT THE VOLCANICS LIKE A STOCKWORK. SAMPLE 3153 WAS FROM A VE-IN IN AN INCLINE BEARING S30E, 80W. ADJACENT TO THE SHAFT, A D-RILL HOLE HAS BEEN SLANTED TO CROSS THE SAME VEIN. THE VEIN MA-TERIAL WAS IRON-STAINED QUARTZ STRINGERS AND LESSER AMOUNTS OF- BRECCIA WITH QUARTZ FRAGMENTS AND A MATRIX CONSISTING IN PART- OF GRAY-BLACK FINE CRYSTALS OF SULFIDES. THE AMOUNT OF BRECCI-A PRESENT IS SUBORDINATE TO THE AMOUNT OF QUARTZ. SAMPLE 3154 -IS FROM ANOTHER SHAFT TO THE WEST THAT WAS ALSO ADJACENT TO A -SLANTED DRILL HOLE. THIS SECOND VEIN WAS IN A SHEAR BEARING N -40E, DIP SW, WITH STRINGERS OF IRON-STAINED QUARTZ AND SOME AL-UNITE CRYSTALS.
Comment (Workings): TEN OR MORE SHAFTS, SEVERAL ADITS, NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND PROSPECTS AS WELL AS RECENT ROADS AND DRILL HOLES.
References
Reference (Deposit): YORK, 1944, THE GEOLOGY OF NEVADA ORE DEPOSITS: NBMG BULL. 40
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.
