Mercury Prospect

The Mercury Prospect is a mercury mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 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: Mercury Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Storey

Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 39.565, -119.38750

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Satelite image of the Mercury Prospect

Mercury Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mercury Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: White Horse District


Land Status

Not available


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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION VERY APPROXIMATE


References

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE AND WILSON, 1962, MERCURY OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG MAP 7. ONE MILLION SCALE SET


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.