The M and M Mine is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,060 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
Elevation: 7,060 Feet (2,152 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.25278, -116.45667
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M and M Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: M and M Mine
Secondary: Mercury Mountain
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tybo District; Little Rawhide Mtn. Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: M. F. And Lorena Peterson And Others
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1929
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: Hot Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Joints
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillation
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THE ORE BODIES AVERAGED ABOUT 20 LB/TON HG.
Materials
Ore: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Kaolinite
Comments
Comment (Location): TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED . PROPERTY CONSIST OF FOUR CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIT OF AN UPPER AND LOWER ADIT. THE LARGEST STOPE IS 130 FT BY 50 FT BY 25 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): QUINLIVAN, W.D. AND ROGERS, C.L., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TYBO QUAD: USGS MAP I-821.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA - IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 258
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 41, P. 147-148.
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.
