S and J Mine

The S and J Mine is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,961 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

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Site Name

Primary: S and J Mine
Secondary: Muller Mine
Secondary: Hard Luck Mine

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope Springs

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Hugo Miller

Production

Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10 Lb/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1931
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Form: BUNCHES, DISSEMINATED

Structure

Type: L
Description: Relief Fault (Thrust); Nw Normal Faults; Over Turned Anticlinorium.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Replacement

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): ABOUT 1/4 MI. SE OF JUNIPER MINE

Comment (Production): TO 1957; 10 LB/TON

Comment (Development): FIRST DEVELOPED IN 1932. PRODUCTION YEARS-1943-44, 1955-59. A TWO-PIPE RETORT WAS OPERATED IN 1943.

Comment (Workings): A LONG ADIT AND CROSSCUTS

Comment (Deposit): HOST ROCK IS FLAT-LYING CONGLOMERATIC DOLOMITE UNDERLAIN BY LIMESTONE. CINNABAR OCCURS A DISCEMINATED CRYSTALS IN THE DOLOMITE CONGLOMERATE AND IN BUNCHES IN CALCITE STRINGERS ALONG THE CONTACT.

Comment (Geology): CINNABAR OCCURS AS DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS IN THE DOLOMITE CONGLOMERATE AND IN BUNCHES IN CALCITE STRINGERS ALONG CONTACT.

Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED ABOUT 1931, FIRST DEVELOPED IN 1932, PRODUCTION YEARS-1943-1944, 1955-59. 2-PIPE RETORT WAS OPERATED IN 1943. ROCKS IN MINE AREA INCLUDE A FLAT-DIPPING LIMESTONE BED OVERLAIN BY CONGLOMERATIC DOLOMITE. THE MAIN WORKINGS CONSIST OF A LONG ADIT AND CROSSCUT EXPLORATION OF THE DOLOMITE CONGLOMERATE CLOSE TO THE CONTACT WITH THE OVERLYING SHALE THAT "COPPED" THE OLE AT THE JUNIPER MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

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

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252, P. 247

Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.

Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA

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.