Costa Prospect

The Costa Prospect is a mercury and gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 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: Costa Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury, Gold

Lat, Long: 38.59694, -117.84056

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Costa Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Costa Prospect
Secondary: Low Prospect
Secondary: Lou
Secondary: Murphy Lease
Secondary: Red Cap, Finger Rock?


Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Bell 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

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: J. Costa
Years: 1943 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
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: Cedar Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENSES


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Rhyolite, Argillization Of Andesite


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE.


References

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

Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252

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

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


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.