Allen Mine

The Allen Mine is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 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

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Site Name

Primary: Allen Mine
Secondary: Spring

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Pilot Mountains 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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Allen, E. (Estate Of)
Home Office: Mina, Nevada

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1919
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Thrust And Normal Faults

Type: L
Description: Faults-Two Thrust Faults, The Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrusts

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Jurassic

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE ORE BODIES WERE LOCALIZED AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO NORMAL FAULTS AND OCCURRED AS SMALLER BODIES ALONG THE MAIN FAULT, WHICH TRENDS N 30DEG W.

Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS TOTALLING ABOUT 500 FT OF WORKINGS, WITH DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND STOPES. THE EASTERLY ADIT EXPLORES A STEEP NORTHWEST-TRENDING FAULT ZONE ALONG WHICH A STOPE EXTENDS TO THE SURFACE.

Comment (Commodity): CRYSTALLINE CINNABAR

Comment (Location): IN A SMALL CANYON WEST OF DUNLOP CANYON, 1000 FT W. OF HITT MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Geology): CINNABAR IS ASSOCIATED WITH CALCITE, PYRITE AND CLAY LOCALLIZED ALONG FAULTS IN SANDSTONE.

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: NEV. UNIV., V. 38, NO. 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO 41.

Reference (Deposit): PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 973-D, P. 143-171.

Reference (Production): ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.4; PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P. 146

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.