Plymouth Property

The Plymouth Property is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 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: Plymouth Property  

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 40.93639, -117.65861

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Plymouth Property MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Plymouth Property
Secondary: O'Leary Quicksilver


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Harmony 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

Owner Name: Greenan Quicksilver Co.
Years: 1941 -

Owner Name: Greenan Quicksilver Co.,
Years: 1941 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1929
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

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Sonoma Thrust

Type: L
Description: Prospect In Lower Plate, Upper Plate Harmony Formation


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification


Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 15.300000+-
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar


Comments

Comment (Deposit): ALTERED DIKES

Comment (Workings): SHORT ADITS

Comment (Deposit): GREENAN QUICKSILVER COMPANY EXPLORED THE PROPERTY IN 1941. SHORT ADITS EXPLORE MILDLY METAMORPHOSED SANDSTONE, GRITS, AND EASTERLY-TRENDING SILICIFIED AND ALTERED DIKES OF RHYOLITE. CINNABAR IS SAID TO OCCUR IN SCATTERED PODS AND VEINLETS IN THE ALTERED DIKES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M055353, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Comment (Location): IN CANYON BETWEEN WATER AND HARMONY CANYONS; ADJOINS GAYER-MOO PROPERTY


References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, EDGAR H., AND D. A. PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 41

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.

Reference (Production): BAILEY, E. H., AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944

Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WINNEMUCCA QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND PERSHING COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS MAP GQ 656.

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961: VOL. 1, SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO, 94105.


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.