Noguez Prospect

The Noguez Prospect is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,217 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: Noguez Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 6,217 Feet (1,895 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 38.08194, -118.47167

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Noguez Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Noguez Prospect
Secondary: Noquez


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Buena Vista District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification


Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Sulfur


Comments

Comment (Production): A FEW FLASKS

Comment (Location): TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED; LOCATION TO QUARTER CORNER


References

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

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58

Reference (Production): BAILEY AND PHOENIX


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.