Container Mine

The Container Mine is a mercury mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,559 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

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Site Name

Primary: Container Mine

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Fish Lake Valley District (White Mountain District)

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: L. E. Pitts, J. L. And C. A. Mckinney Of Dyer, The A. N. Gibbs Estate Of Ojai, California
Years: 1944 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1927
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Fault And Thrust Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Barite

Comments

Comment (Location): ABOUT 1/4 MILE WEST OF THE RED ROCK MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS AS SMALL CRYSTALLINE VEINLETS AND PAINTY COATINGS IN BRECCIATED ZONES IN THE SILICIFIED HOST ROCK. IT SEEMS TO BE CONCENTRATED ALONG OR NEAR FAULTS. BRECCIATED ZONE IN QUARTZITE, RECEMENTED WITH QUARTZ. OPEN SPACE SURFACES COATED WITH IRON OXIDE. SOME DUMP SPECIMENS HAVE A FINE DUSTING OF CINNABAR SOME HG CL (?) (YELLOW MINERAL-EITHER SB OR HG CL); YELLOW BARITE CRYSTALS IN VUGS.

Comment (Production): VISIBLE RESERVES VERY LOW (1943)

Comment (Development): G.D. MILLS PRODUCED 32 FLASKS OF QUICKSILVER BEFORE SELLING IT IN 1928 TO J.L. MCKINNEY AND ASSOCIATES. FROM 1928 TO 1943 THESE OWNERS DID SOME EXPLORATORY WORK, AND IN 1941 THEY PRODUCED 33 FLASKS OF QUICKSILVER FROM HAND-SORTED ORE.

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS CONNECTED BY A COMBINED ORE CHUTE/SHAFT THAT EXTENDS TO THE SURFACE. A SMALL GLORY HOLE CONNECTS WITH THE UPPER LEVEL BY A STOPE AND ORE-PASS. ALSO INCLUDED ARE 2 OPEN PITS AND 2 300-FT ADITS

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IN ROOF PENDANT OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS

References

Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NEV; NBMG BULL. 78,

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38 NO. 5; GEOL & MIN. SER. NO. 41, P. 70.

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 15 AUGUST 1982

Reference (Production): BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A. (1944), P. 70. USBM UNPUB DATA.

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.