M and M Mine

The M and M Mine is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,060 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: M and M Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.