The Pit 3 Workings is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,919 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: 5,919 Feet (1,804 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.12417, -116.56889
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Pit 3 Workings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pit 3 Workings
Secondary: Butte Quicksilver Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Ivanhoe District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Ash
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): NW CORNER NE/4 SE/4 SE/4 SEC 32
Comment (Production): SEE BUTTE QUICKSILVER MINE DATA
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: IN SAME STRATIGRAPHIC HORIZON AS VELVET WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, ET AL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 54
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.
