The Reward Mine is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.36444, -117.96611
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Reward Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Reward Mine
Secondary: Kane
Secondary: Leighton Cinnabar
Secondary: Sommerfield and Thompson
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Pilot Mountains District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Dallas H. Grey, Jr. And The C. A. Bonner Estate
Home Office: San Francisco, Calif.
Owner Name: Pacific Placers Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1928
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Stibnite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN DUNLAP CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS IN FAULT GOUGE, AS CRYSTALS IN VEINLETS IN SANDSTONE, AND AS DISSEMINATED GRAINS IN SANDY LIMESTONE LENS.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TWO ADITS, ONE NORTH OF THE OTHER, ON ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL. THE SOUTHERN ADIT HAS ABOUT 350 FT OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS AND A LARGE STOPETO THE SURFACE; THE NORTHERN ADIT CONTAINS ABOUT 50 FT OF WORKINGS, INCLUDING A SMALL INCLINED WINZE 20 FT DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): ON A GROUP OF 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.
Reference (Deposit): PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, F.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P. 143-71.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL. V. 38, NO 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO 41.
Reference (Production): PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P.146
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.
