Unnamed Mercury Prospect

The Unnamed Mercury Prospect is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,482 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: Unnamed Mercury Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation: 4,482 Feet (1,366 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 40.12139, -118.14250

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Unnamed Mercury Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Mercury Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope Springs District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Nw Normal Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar


Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL PITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): NW/4 SE/4 SEC. 15; UTM APPROX.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PITS

Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR IN DOLOMITIC CONGLOMERATE


References

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH, SUMMARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 15-1961; V.1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO 94105

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

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


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.