The Oswell Property is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 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
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.80028, -115.97556
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Oswell Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oswell Property
Secondary: Oswald Property
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Queen City District (Kawich)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1938
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FT ADIT, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SOME TRENCHING.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP; SOUTHERN QUINN CANYON RANGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :PUBLIC DOMAIN
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION: 14 LB HG FROM 1400 LB ORE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QUARTZITE INTRUDED BY ANDESITE DIKES
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA NBMG BULL. 50
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 77
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.
