The Scossa Mine is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,039 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: 5,039 Feet (1,536 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.3606, -118.31500
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Scossa Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Scossa Mine
Secondary: Bottle Creek Mine
Secondary: Last Chance Mine
Secondary: White Peaks
Secondary: White Peaks Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Bottle Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Fulton Quicksilver Mines, Inc.
Info Year: 1937
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUR OF MINES RPT OF INVEST 5285, 1956, P.38,40-41
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 41,1944,P.88,PLS.1 & 8
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 59,1964,TB 17
Reference (Deposit): USBM RPT OF INVEST 8252,1965,P.231
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 922-A,1940,P.17
Reference (Deposit): USBM INFORM CIRC 6995,1938,P.17
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.
