The Steamboat Springs Mine is a mercury and silica mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,849 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: 4,849 Feet (1,478 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury, Silica
Lat, Long: 39.38528, -119.75833
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Steamboat Springs Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Steamboat Springs Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Silica
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Steamboat Springs District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3-4 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1877
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Sulfur
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Cristobalite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION SW/4 NE/4
Comment (Production): A FEW ADDITIONAL FL PRODUCED IN 1968, NOT INCLUDED IN G7
Comment (Workings): ITEM M15 REFERS TO HG PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): HOT SPRINGS WATER ALSO CONTAINS DETECTABLE AMOUNTS OF MERCURY ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HOT WATER AND HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS
References
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON AND WHITE, 1964, GEOLOGY OF STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA, WASHOE CO., NEVADA: USGS P. P. 458 A
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA, GALLAGHER
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
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.
