Unnamed Occurrence

The Unnamed Occurrence is a mercury mine located in Carson City county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,551 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 Occurrence  

State:  Nevada

County:  Carson City

Elevation: 4,551 Feet (1,387 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 39.18639, -119.65750

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Unnamed Occurrence MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Occurrence


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Carson City
District: Carson City District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
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

Not available


Rocks

Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar


Comments

Comment (Location): CARSON RIVER - BELOW SANTIAGO MILL, LOCATION TO COMMON CORNER

Comment (Production): OVERTON INDICATES LARGE PRODUCTION IN 1895

Comment (Deposit): HG FROM AMALGAM TAILINGS (COMSTOCK MINE)


References

Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, 1947, MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, AND WASHOE COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 46

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

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.