Fault Line Prospect

The Fault Line Prospect is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,822 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: Fault Line Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 7,822 Feet (2,384 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 38.37861, -117.93778

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Fault Line Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Fault Line Prospect
Secondary: Coveney Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Pilot Mountains District


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Clay Coveny And Herbert Pickle


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Pilot Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Dunlap Canyon Thrust Fault


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Replacement


Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Jurassic

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Comment (Deposit): NORMAL FAULT

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BELOW CINNABAR CANYON AND LOST STEERS THRUST FAULTS


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

Reference (Deposit): PHOENIX AND CATHCART, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973 - D

Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA


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.