Mercury Group

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

Name: Mercury Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 5,879 Feet (1,792 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 37.7811, -115.96280

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Satelite image of the Mercury Group

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

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.