The White Peaks Mine is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,141 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,141 Feet (1,567 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.36083, -118.31417
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White Peaks Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Peaks Mine
Secondary: Scossa Mine, Bottle Creek Mine, Last Chance
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2435.
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Bottle Creek 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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Scossa Brothers. Nassau Co.
Home Office: Reno, Nv ?
Years: 1984 -
Owner Name: J. Etchart
Years: 1954 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1938
Discovery Year: 1936
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Major N-Trending, Steeply Dipping Faults ; Reg.Trends: Nne
Type: L
Description: Local Shearing Along Dike Contacts; 2 Sets Of Fractures Filled With Fe-Oxides.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization Of Tuffs, Sandstones, Gravels
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: UNMINED ORE AVERAGES 2 LB. HG/TON ORE. SAMPLE 2435 OF BASIC DIKE MATERIAL FROM BASE OF DUMP AND COUNTRY ROCK RHYOLITE CONTAINS 10 % FE,3 % MG, 3 % CA, -1 % TI, 1500 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 30 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 50 PPM C-O, 50 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 15 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 20 P-PM SC, 300 PPM SR, 500 PPM V, 30 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Chalcedony
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): DIABASE DIKE AVERAGES 20 FT IN WIDTH AND IS REPORTED TO CONTAIN ABOUT 2 LB HG PER TON
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 1 513 FL IN 2.6 LB ORE DISCOVERED 1952.
Comment (Development): 10 TON ROTARY (1943)
Comment (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITION OCCURS IN DIABASE DIKE AND IN WALL ROCK ABOVE 112 FT LEVEL
Comment (Location): CENTRAL PORTION OF DISTRICT: 1/2 MILE NW OF BALDWIN MINE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS AT SEVERAL LEVELS.IN 1984, VERTICAL SHAFT, PARTLY OPEN, MAYBE 100+ FT DEEP. STOPE COMES TO SURFACE NORTH OF SHAFT AND PROBABLY TAKES- OFF FROM SHAFT. HEADFRAME LYING ON GROUND. ADIT BELOW SHAFT A-ND APPARENTLY CONNECTED TO IT. REMAINS OF ORE BIN AND RETORT C-OMPLEX EAST OF SHAFT. ALSO SEVERAL CUTS, TRENCHES, AND A PIT O-N WEST SIDE OF KNOB ON WHICH SHAFT IS LOCATED.
Comment (Deposit): THE WHITE PEAK CLAIMS, TOGETHER WITH THE RED ORE CLAIMS, WERE THE FIRST TO BE STAKED IN THE DISTRICT. THEY WERE DISCOVERED BY JAMES AND ARNOLD SCOSSA IN 1936. THE FULTON QUICKSILVER CO. DEVELOPED A 112-FT SHAFT AND SOME DRIFTS IN 1937, AND INSTALLED A 20-TON ROTARY FURNACE, BUT TREATED NO ORE. IN 1938. SOME ORE WAS TREATED BY THE SCOSSA BROTHERS. IN 1940, THE WHITE PEAKS MINING CO. PRODUCED 263 FLASKS, AND IN 1942 J.O. GREENAN STRUCK RICH ORE IN THE FOOTWALL OF A DIKE AND RECOVERED 343 FLASKS. THE PROPERTY WAS IDLE IN MID-1943. IN LATE 1954, THE PROPERTY WAS LEASED TO J. ETCHART, WHO BEGAN TO DEWATER THE SHAFT. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 165-FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 62, 112, AND 165 FT, WITH UNDERGROUND WORKINGS TOTALLING 650 FT. IN LENGTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Geology): DIKE AVERAGES 20 FEET WIDE. ORE ZONE ALONG FOOTWALL OF DIKE WAS WIDEST AND RICHEST SMALL AMOUNTS OF CINNABAR OCCUR AS IRREGULAR VEINLETS IN THE RHYOLITE OVERLYING THE DIKE. ; GEOL.DESC: DIABASE DIKE CUTS PERM - TRI ARGILLIZED TUFFS, SANDSTONES, AND FINE GRAVELS. RHYOLITE IS POST - DIKE
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BOTTLE CREEK DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT CO, NEV; USGS. BULL 922A
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO; NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 59.
Reference (Deposit): BENSON, W.T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR CO. ORE: U.S.B.M. REPT. OF INV. 5285.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-14-84.
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BAILEY AND PHOENIX
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.
