The Stall Quicksilver Prospect is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.73583, -117.64722
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Stall Quicksilver Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stall Quicksilver Prospect
Secondary: Canyon Creek?
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: National District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: F. W. Stall R. A. Whelchel
Years: 1943 -
Owner Name: Bradley Mining Co. .
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1913
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: BLANKET, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Clay Alteration
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): CINNABAR OCCURS AS FRACTURE FILLINGS AND DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS INRHYOLITE AND ALTERED TUFF. THE SOIL PANS CINNABAR FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS UP-CANYON FROM THE PRINCIPAL WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): PLACER CINNABAR WAS DISCOVERED IN STREAM GRAVEL IN 1913 AND SOON THEREAFTER, A SHALLOW SHAFT WAS SUNK IN THE STREAM BED. IN 1941, THE BRADLEY MINING CO. EXPLORED IT WITH NO PRODUCTION. IN 1941, LESSEES INSTALLED A 4-PIPE RETORT AND PRODUCED SOME HG FROM SORTED ORE. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 2 50-FT SHAFTS CONNECTED WITH SHORT DRIFTS, AS WELL AS SURFACE CUTS AND SHORT ADITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): "IN A CANYON THAT BRANCHES SOUTHWARD FROM CANYON CREEK"
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, SHORT ADITS, DRIFTS, SURFACE CUTS. ALL UNDERGROUND WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE IN 1980.
Comment (Production): HOLMES SAYS SML AMOUNT PRODUCED IN 1941-1942
Comment (Deposit): PANNING OF SURFACE SOILS IN THE MINE AREA INDICATE UP TO 0.1 % HG IS PRESENT IN AN AREA 1000 FT BY 100 FT
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): USBM I. C. 8252, P.227, 1965
Reference (Production): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHONIX, D.A., 1944
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. UNIV. BULL VOL. 38 NO. 5; SER. NO. 41.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO, NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984,UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
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.
