Two Injun Mercury Prospect

The Two Injun Mercury Prospect is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,297 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

Name: Two Injun Mercury Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 7,297 Feet (2,224 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 38.93, -117.56780

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Two Injun Mercury Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Two Injun Mercury Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Ione


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Type: Located Claim


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF MERCURY MINING CO MINE IN SMALL SOUTH TRIBUTARY TO CANYON.


References

Reference (Deposit): MINES MLA OPEN-FILE REPORT 16-93, P. 40.

Reference (Deposit): ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST: U.S. BUREAU OF

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 205.

Reference (Deposit): OCCURRENCES IN THAT PART OF THE SHOSHONE RANGE, NEVADA,

Reference (Deposit): HAMILTON, M.M., 1993, MINES, PROSPECTS, AND MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): PLATE 1.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 292.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OFMINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 41, 1944, P. 153,


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.