Unnamed Mercury Prospects

The Unnamed Mercury Prospects is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,501 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

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Mercury Prospects
Secondary: Crawford ?

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 Trending Normal Faults; Syndinorium

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PITS

Comment (Geology): SAME BED AS MINED AT PERSHING QUICKSILVER MINE ; GEOL.DESC: SAME BED AS MINED AT PERSHING (QUICKSILVER MINE)

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL PITS. SHOWS LIMITED PROMISE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): N/2 SE/4 AND SW/4 SEC. 9 AND S/2 NE/4 SEC. 15; UTTO COMMON SEC. CORNER

Comment (Deposit): SAME BED AS MINED AT THE PERSHING QUICKSILVER

References

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH, SUMMAROF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-61; V.I; SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO

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

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

Reference (Production): NO PRODUCTION DATA

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.