Harry Woods Prospect

The Harry Woods Prospect is a mercury mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 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: Harry Woods Prospect
Secondary: Mary Lee
Secondary: Margaret Dee Claims

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Lone Pine 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
Discovery Year: 1940
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: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Volcanics Strike North, Dip Gently East

Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults, Shear Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization, Silicification, Opalization, Hydrothermal

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): JUST WEST OF ANTELOPE GROUP. CLAIMS DO NOT LIE WITHIN SHELDON NATIONAL ANTELOPE REFUGE. UTM IS FOR CENTER OF CLAIMS NEAR CREEK CONVERGENCE.

Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED MUCH EARLIER FOR GOLD; LATER STAKED FOR HG.

Comment (Workings): FEW SMALL PITS

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M232565, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

References

Reference (Deposit): STAFF, 1965, MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U. S.: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P 269.

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

Reference (Deposit): CATHRALL, J.B., ET AL, 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHARLES SHELDON WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, HUMBOLDT AND WASHOE COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-1002.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70.

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1941, SOME QUICKSILVER PROSPECTS IN ADJACENT PARTS OF NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, AND OREGON: USGS BULL. 931-B.

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.