Noguez Prospect

The Noguez Prospect is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.

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: Noguez Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Buena Vista District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: J. G. H. Noguez, Mount Montgomery
Years: 1943 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Sulfur
Gangue: Gypsum

Comments

Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR IN VEINLETS, AS A COATING ON BOULDERS IN CRUSH ZONE OF FAULT IN SILICIFIED TERTIARY TUFF; GYPSUM AND SULFUR OCCUR LOCALLY IN MODERATE AMOUNTS.

Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS TOTALLING 500 FT, A GLORY HOLE, AND SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Production): A FEW FLASKS PRODUCED

References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V.38. NO.5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO.41.

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58

Reference (Production): ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.2

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.