Montgomery Summit Property

The Montgomery Summit Property 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

Name: Montgomery Summit Property  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 37.97472, -118.36167

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Montgomery Summit Property MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Montgomery Summit Property


Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold


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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: James Haughton, J. D. Newson


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LINEAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

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

Comment (Development): DEVELOPED AS A MERCURY PROSPECT IN 1940; EARLIER WAS A GOLD PROSPECT

Comment (Deposit): VEINLETS OF CINNABAR IN NORTH-TRENDING SHEAR ZONE IN POST-ESMERALDA VOLCANIC ROCKS


References

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

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.419


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.