Keg Prospect

The Keg Prospect is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,283 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: Keg Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Pilot Mountain 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: Anderson, A. J. And Spencer, L. B.
Home Office: Mina, Nevada

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: 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: Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults

Type: L
Description: Cinnabar Canyon Thrust Fault, Smaller Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Workings): A SHORT INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 75 FT LONG

Comment (Location): NORTH OF AND ADJACENT TO MINA DEVELOPMENT CO CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Deposit): POWDERY CINNABAR AND POSSIBLY METACINNABARITE OCCUR WITH CALCITE IN AND NEAR A SMALL, FLAT, NORTHWESTWARD-TRENDING FAULT THAT DISPLACES THE CINNABAR CANYON THRUST.

Comment (Geology): THE COUNTRY ROCK IS CRUSHED AND SHEARED YELLOW LIMY SHALE OF THE DUNLAP(?) FORMATION LYING DIRECTLY UNDER THE CINNABAR CANYON THRUST FAULT

Comment (Deposit): ON A GROUP OF 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN BUT THOUGHT TO BE SMALL

References

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

Reference (Deposit): PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHER PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P 143-71.

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.

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.