Montgomery Mine

The Montgomery Mine is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,400 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

Name: Montgomery Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 40.12222, -118.15389

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Montgomery Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Montgomery Mine


Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope Springs


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface


Ownership

Owner Name: Stanford Bunce And Roy Haukins
Years: 1965 -

Owner Name: Utex Exploration Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1924
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
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Relief Fault (Thrust)-N40w ; Reg.Trends: N 40 W

Type: L
Description: Anticline Trending N60w;


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification


Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: YIELD OF 16 LB HG/FT
Analytical Data: ORE RAN 1-5 LBS HG/TON


Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION SOMETIMES RECORDED WITH JUNIPER MINE, PERSHING CTY.

Comment (Development): DEVELOPED IN 1929 BY NEVADA QUICKSILVER CO. WORKED BY VARIOUS LESSEES FROM 1933. IN 1960 THE MINE WAS BEING DRILLED BY UTEX EXPLORATION CO.

Comment (Workings): FLOODED BELOW 80 FT (1942)

Comment (Location): 1500 FT. SE OF THE PERSHING MINE, SE 1/4 SEC. 16

Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1924. DEVELOPED IN 1929 BY NEVADA QUICKSILVER CO. WORKED BY VARIOUS LESSEES FROM 1933. IN 1960 THE MINE WAS BEING DRILLED BY UTEX EXPLORATION CO. A VEIN 10 TO 14 INCHES WIDE STRIKING N40W AND DIPPING 30 DEGREES SW CONTAINS CINNABAR, STIBNITE AND BIECCIATED FRAGMENTS OF LIMESTONE. VEIN IS CONTINUOUS FOR 40 FEET. THE HILL THAT CONTAINS THE MME IS DOMINANTLY A BROAD ASYMMETRICAL ANTICLINE WHOSE AXIS TRENDS ABOUT N60 DEGREES W. WITHIN THE ANTICLINE ARE SEVERAL BROKEN ZONES AND FAULTS OF SMALL DISPLACEMENT. THE ORE IS LOCALIZED ALONG THE UPPER CONTACT OF THE SANDSTONE AND IN THE OVERLYING DOLOMITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): A VEIN 10 TO 14 INCHES WIDE STRIKING N40W AND DIPPING 30 DEGREES SW CONTAINS CINNABAR, STIBNITE AND LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS. THE VEIN IS CONTINUOUS FOR 40 FT. THE VEIN IS LOCALIZED ALONG THE CONTACT OF SANDSTONE AND OVERLYING DOLOMITE, AND CINNABAR FILLS FRACTURES.

Comment (Geology): ORE BODIES LARGELY DUE TO THE FILLING OF FRACTURES IN DOLOMITE AND BUFF SANDSTONE BY CINNABAR. SIMUTANEOUS DEPOSITION OF CINNABAR AND STIBNITE. DEPOSITS ARE FOLDED AND FAULTED INTO NW TRENDING RIDGES. SOUTH PART OF AREA-FANGLOMERATE; NORTH-BASALTS. ; GEOL.DESC: SIMULTANEOUS DEPOSITION OF CINNABAR AND STIBNITE ; MAJOR.UNITS: UPPER TRI - LOWER JUR SEDIMENTARY ROCKS


References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 163

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, F.C., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 167

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; USBM 1C 8252, P. 249

Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA


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