The Poinsette Mine is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,902 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: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.77889, -118.26278
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Poinsette Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Poinsette Mine
Secondary: Poinsettia
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Bovard District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: V. S. Baxter And Charles Milan
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1914
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: HIGH GRADE PIPES, LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: N 65 W Trending Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic, Limonitic, Propylitic
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sulfur
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Location): GROUP OF PROSPECTS .5 MILE E - NE OF SANTA FE MINE EST. LOCATION
Comment (Geology): SURFICIAL ALTERATION EXPOSURE APPROXIMATELY 1 SQUARE MILE ; HR.AGE.MV: ALTERED ANDESITIC TUFFS AND FLOWS
Comment (Workings): CAVED ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): 1950 DIREXPL USB
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252
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.
