The Sullivan Prospect is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,399 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
Elevation: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.35278, -117.94778
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Sullivan Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sullivan Prospect
Secondary: Black Lizard Prospect
Secondary: Sullivan and Cornelius
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: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: C. E. Sullivan And L. V. Cornelius
Home Office: Mina, Nevada
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Year Last Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Small Steep Normal Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): A SERIES OF TRENCHES AND PITS THAT EXTEND IN A NORTHWESTERLY LINE FOR 135 FT.
Comment (Location): AT THE HEAD OF DUNLAP CANYON, ABOUT 2 1/2 MI SOUTH OF REWARD MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS IN CLAYS IN FLAT BEDDING SHEARS AND CRACKS AND FISSURES IN CHERT
Comment (Commodity): CRYSTALLINE CINNABAR ONLY
Comment (Development): 6 FLASKS WERE PRODUCED DURING DEVELOPMENTAL WORK
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCKS ARE BEDS OF CHERT AND CONGLOMERATE OF THE EXCELSIOR FORMATION THATSTRIKE NW AND DIP 10-40N.
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, I.B., 19528 QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D., P. 143-1719
Reference (Production): PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, IB, 19528 P146
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.
