The Rim Rock and Homestake is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Rim Rock and Homestake MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rim Rock and Homestake
Secondary: Wilburg
Secondary: Ivanhoe
Secondary: Cinnabar
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Ivanhoe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1932
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Replacement-Formation Of Opalite
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Development): 6 HOMESTAKE CLAIMS AND 4 RIMROCK CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1932
Comment (Deposit): OPALIZED ASH AND TUFF CONTAINING IRREGULARLY DISSEMINATED CINNABAR & MERCURY CHLORIDE
Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS, SEVERAL SMALL CUTS, 2 SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): THE UPPER WORKINGS OF THE PROSPECT ARE IN OPALIZIED ASH & TUFF, WHICH CONTAIN IRREGULARYLY DISSEMINATED CINNABAR, AND MERCURY CHLORIDE IN A 'BLANKET TYPE' DEPOSIT.
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF FOUR ADITS, SEVERAL SMALL CUTS AND TWO SHAFTS. THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF G HOMESTAKE CLAIMS AND 4 RIM ROCK CLAIMS, LOCATED IN 1932. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY & PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 41
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.
