The Mercury Group is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,879 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: 5,879 Feet (1,792 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.7811, -115.96280
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Mercury Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mercury Group
Secondary: Mercury Claims
Secondary: Mercury No. 2
Secondary: Deep Mine
Secondary: Sun Claim
Secondary: Red Hill Claim
Secondary: Red Nugget Claim
Secondary: Producer Claims
Secondary: Fallini Property
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Queen City District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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
Unknown: Jarosite
Unknown: Cinnabar
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 41, 1944, P. 155.
Reference (Deposit): NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 92.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 280; TABLE 24, P. 297.
Reference (Deposit): NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 46, 1991, P. 20.
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.
