Mine Mountain

The Mine Mountain is a mercury, silver, and lead mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,341 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: Mine Mountain

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Mine Mountain District

Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1928
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Deposits Are In Normal Faults In Upper Plate Of Thrust Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silification Of Dolomite

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ONE SAMPLE CONTAINS 10% PB, 0.5% HG, 0.07% AG

Materials

Unknown: Barite

Comments

Comment (Location): ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF YUCCA PASS ON THE NEVADA TEST SITE

Comment (Deposit): IS MOSTLY QUARTZITE ABOUT 30 FT IN FROM THE PORTAL, SOME LOW-ANGLE FAULTING WAS OBSERVED THAT MAY BE THE MINE MOUNTAIN THRUST. SAMPLE 1863 WAS A SILICIFIED LIMESTONE BRECCIA WITH BARITE AND QUARTZI

Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS, 4 SHAFTS, SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES, GOOD ROAD, TWO RETORTS

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS ARE IN HIGH-ANGLE NORMAL FAULTS IN BRECCIATED QUARTZITE AND SILICIFIED DOLOMITE OF UPPER PLATE OF THRUST. ON EASTERN SIDE OF MTN, PROSPECTS ARE ALIGNED ALONG A N10W, 65 NE SHEAR. HERE A 5-FT WIDE VEIN OF WHITE BARITE WITH SOME QUARTZ-CEMENTED BRECCIA AND MINOR SULFIDES IS EXPOSED ALONG STRIKE FOR ABOUT 300 FT. 4 SHAFTS ALONG CREST OF MTN. ARE ALIGNED N50E ALONG A VEIN SYSTEM OF SAME ORIENTATION. SAMPLES FROM THESE CONSISTED OF HIGHLY SILICIFIED BRECCIA, CRYSTALLINE BARITE, QUARTZ, WITH CRYSTALS OF DARK GREY METALLICS OF PB, MG, SB AND AG. VEIN MATERIALS FROM THE WESTERN-MOST SHAFT WERE MORE GOSSAN-LIKE FE-STAINED BRECCIA. 2 NE-TRENDING ADITS AND PROSPECTS ON W. SIDE OF MINE MTN FOLLOW A N45E 35 NW SHEAR ZONE IN A SECTION DOMINATED BY SILICIFIED DOLOMITE WITH SOME MINOR QUARTZITE. 2 PROSPECT PITS ABOVE THE UPPER ADIT EXPOSE A 3-FT WIDE VEIN ON THE SAME SHEAR. THE LOWER, 135 FT ADIT EXPLORES THE SAME SHEAR LOWER IN THE STRUCTURE THAT BEARS N40E AND DIPS STEEPLY NW. THE WALLROCK

References

Reference (Deposit): ORKILD, 1968, GEOL MAP OF MINE MOUNTAIN QUAD

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, J. AND BENTZ, J., 1982/1983, FIELD EXAMINATION

Reference (Deposit): BELL, E.J., AND LARSON, L.T., 1981, DRAFT REPORT: CHARACTERIZATION OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SW NTS AND VICINITY, PREPARED FOR D.O.E., P. 61.

Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H., 1972, NBMG BULL 77, P. 39.

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.