The Ralston Prospect is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,069 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
Elevation: 5,069 Feet (1,545 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.56611, -117.16750
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Ralston Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ralston Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Cuprite Hills 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: E. A. Moross
Home Office: Goldfield, Nv.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES VERY SMALL
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT ADIT WITH 140 FT OF CROSSCUTS, A 30 FT SHAFT, A 120 FT ADIT, AND A 30 FT TRENCH.
References
Reference (Production): BAILEY AND PHOENIX
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: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 139-140.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: US BUREAU OF MIENS, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 285.
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.
