The Mammoth 1-5 Claims is a mercury, silver, and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Mercury, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 37.01361, -116.58194
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Mammoth 1-5 Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mammoth 1-5 Claims
Secondary: Includes Flash Future
Secondary: Effic
Secondary: And Kenneth Claims May Be Same As Spicer Claims
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fluorine (Bare Mountain) 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: Spicer Mining Co
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification (Opalitization), Alunitization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN; UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF AREA OF WORKINGS SHOWN ON TOPO. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED FOR HG, NOW AU, AG, HG. EXPLORATION ONGOING IN 1980-81. TEST LOADS SHIPPED IN 1981.
Comment (Deposit): SILICA, CINNABAR, ALUNITE (PLUS AU, AG?) ALONG A N30W BELT OF ALUNITIZED, SILICIFIED (OPALIZED) RHYOLITIC VOLCANICS
Comment (Workings): 50-FT TUNNEL ON NO.2 PLUS SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1915, USGS BULL 620-D, P. 59-68
Reference (Deposit): BELL, E.J. AND LARSON, L.T., 1981, DRAFT FINAL REPORT: CHARACTERIZATION OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF SW NTS; PREPAREDFOR DOE., P . 61.
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.
