The Oswald Mine is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 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: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.74361, -116.01222
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Oswald Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oswald Mine
Secondary: Oswald Claims
Secondary: Oswell Property
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Queen City District-Also Known As Blackhawk District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Oswald, Mrs. Katherine And Others
Home Office: Tonopah
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1938
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Quinn Canyon Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TRAIL RUN OF 1400 POUNDS OF SELECTED CINNABAR ORE PRODUCED 14 POUNDS OF HG (1951).
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): LOCATED IN 1938 BY PRESENT OWNERS
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, A 200 FT ADIT, AND SOME TRENCHING
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY & PHOENIX, 1944, NBMG BULL 41, P. 155
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 77, P. 40
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 92
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.
