Turillas Mine

The Turillas Mine is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 feet.

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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: Turillas Mine
Secondary: Red Ant
Secondary: Conchita Mine
Secondary: Sonoma Mine

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Poverty Peak 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: Domingo And Frank Turillas
Years: 1984 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1940
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Reg.Struct: Thrust Fault

Type: L
Description: Ne Normal Fault 1 - 1/2 Mi To Nw

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2452 OF METASANDSTONE CUT BY NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINLETS COLLECTED FROM THE MOUTH OF THE ADIT, CONTAINS 3.3 LB-/T HG,1.5 % FE, 0.2 % MG, 5 % CA, 0.05 % TI, 300 PPM MN, 200 P-PM AS, 50 PPM B, +5000 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 5 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR-, 20 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 30 PPM NI, 500 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 150 P-PM SR, 50 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE 7 CLAIMS AND FRACTIONS WERE KNOWN BUT NOT DEVELOPED UNTIL AFTER THEY WERE PURCHASED IN 1940 BY F. TURILLAS. 4 SHALLOW TRENCHES EXPLORE A MINERALIZED ZONE 100 FT. LONG AND 20 FT WIDE. 2 ADITS WERE BEING DRIVEN IN 1944. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Comment (Development): SOMEONE HAD BEEN SAMPLING THE AREA WITHIN THE PAST WEEK AT THE TIME OF EXAMINATION IN APRIL, 1985.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: MOST ORE CONFINED TO BRECCIATED BEDDING SHEARS AND CRUSH ZONES; SOME GOOD ORE FILLS CROSS-FRACTURES CINNABAR IN THE SURFACE WORKINGS OCCURS AS LARGE, ISOLATED CRYSTALS, AS NARROW VEINLETS AND, IN LESSER AMOUNTS, AS SMALL DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS.

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, 4 TRENES. ONE ADIT, OPEN, TRENDS N8E, COLLARED AT BASE OF SMALL HILL, PROBABLY LESS THAN 100 FT LONG.

References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. U. BULL. VOL. 38 NO. 5; GEOL A MIN SER. NO 41

Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B., 29 APR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

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

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1943, UNPUBLISHED DATA, NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 137, ITEM 4.

Reference (Production): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A.

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59.

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.