Lost Steers Mine

The Lost Steers Mine is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,159 feet.

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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: Lost Steers Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 8,159 Feet (2,487 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 38.36861, -117.94556

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Lost Steers Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lost Steers Mine


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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Anderson, A. J. And Spencer, L. B.
Home Office: Mina, Nevada
Years: 1941 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1913
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Barite-fluorite veins


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults

Type: L
Description: Several Small Faults, Seen Only Underground, And A Well-Developed Vertical Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Calomel
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Stibnite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Stibiconite


Comments

Comment (Geology): THE MAIN WORKINGS EXPLORE A JOINTED, BROKEN LIMESTONE LENS IN THE DUNLAP FORMATIN, BUT A LOWER HAULAGE LEVEL HAS BEEN DRIVEN IN BROWN SANDY LIMESTONE AND SHALE LYING CONFORMABLY BENEATH THE LIMESTONE.

Comment (Location): SOUTHE OF MINA DEVELOPMENT CORP. MINE, NEARER TOP OF RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Production): ANNUAL PRODUCTION INCLUDED IN MINA DEVELOPMENT CO. MINE LISTING

Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS: (1) AS CRYSTALS IN CALCITE VEINLETS IN LIMESTONE. (2) AS AN EARTHLY VARIETY FILLING CRACKS AND CAVITIES IN LIMESTONE, (3) AS CRYSTALS ASSOCIATED WITH CALCITE IN THE FAULT GOUGE, (4) AS CRYSTALS REPLACING STIHNITE. THE ORE BODY CONSISTED OF SMALL, SCATTERED, DISCONTINUOUS VEINLETS OF CINNABAR IN BROKEN LIMESTONE. IT WAS LOCALIZED IN A FRACTURED ZONE IN THE LIMESTONE, AND AT ITS BOTTOM WAS THE NEARLY FLAT LIMESTONE-SHALE CONTACT. NEAR THE MAIN WORKINGS, MANY CINNABAR- BEARING CALCITE STRINGERS CUT THE LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO SMALL FAULTS, BUT THEY ARE NOT SUFFICIENTLY NUMEROUS TO FORM ORE.

Comment (Workings): A SMALL GLORY HOLE, 40 FT LONG, 25 FT WIDE, 30 FT DEEP; AND SEVERAL SMALL ADJOINING CROSSCUTS

Comment (Deposit): SAME GROUP OF CLAIMS AS THE MINA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Production): PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART-T.B., 1952, P. 146

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 SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P.143-171.

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

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.