Unamed Mercury

The Unamed Mercury is a mercury mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,820 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: Unamed Mercury  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation: 4,820 Feet (1,469 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 39.38667, -119.75417

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Unamed Mercury MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unamed Mercury


Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Steamboat 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

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Walker Lane Fault System

Type: L
Description: Steamboat Hills Fault System


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Stibnite
Gangue: Chalcedony


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, HF, GEOL MIN RESOURCES WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV NBM&G BULL 70, 1969

Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, GA, WHITE, DE, REGIONAL GEOL, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA, WASHOE CO, USGS PROF P 458-A, 1964


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.