Warm Springs

The Warm Springs is a mercury mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Warm Springs
Secondary: Lime Cap
Secondary: Mercury

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander

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: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1935
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: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Deposit Surrounded By Hot Spring Sinter Material

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Country Rock Oxidized And Argillezed

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1930'S

Comment (Production): LESS THAN 20 FLASKS TOTAL PRODUCTION

Comment (Development): PERIODS OF PRODUCTION FROM 1939-1941 AND 1955-1956

Comment (Deposit): NARROW VEIN, N85E, 85S ALONG A FAULT IN ALTERED RHYOLITE TUFF.

Comment (Geology): CINNABAR OCCURS IN A NARROW VEIN THAT STRIKES N85E AND DIPS 85S ALONG A FAULT IN ALTERED RHYOLITE TUFF, DATE AT 24 M.Y.

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFT SEVERAL PITS

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A SMALL ISOLATED HILL LESS THAN 1 MILE WEST OF HIGHWAY 8A. IT WAS DISCOVERED DURING THE 1930'S WITH PERIODS OF PRODUCTION FROM 1939 TO 1941, AND 1955 TO 1956. TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS LESS THAN 20 FLASKS. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT, AND SEVERAL PITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV, N.B.M. BULL 88

Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 40, REFERENCE NO. 3201500204

Reference (Deposit): MCKEE E.H. & STEWART J. (1968) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CEDARS QUAD, USGS OPEN-FILE MAP

Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K., 1977.

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.