Unnamed Mercury Prospect

The Unnamed Mercury Prospect is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Mercury Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mount Tobin 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/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SILICEOUS VOLCANIC ROCK HAS BEEN SILICIFIED AND IS CROSSED BY BROKEN ZONES STAINED WITH LIMONITE. SHAFTS HAVE BEEN SUNK IN THE AREAS OF GREATEST ALTERATION.

Comment (Commodity): ALTHOUGH NO CINNABAR WAS SEEN IN OUTCROPS, PITS, OR DUMPS, A SINGLE PAN OF A COMPOSITE SAMPLE TAKEN CHIEFLY FROM THE DUMP OF THE DEEPEST SHAFT WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN MORE THAN 50 GRAINS OF CINNABAR.

Comment (Location): ON THE TOP OF A PROMINENT SPUR RIDGE 0.5 MILE S. OF THE BLUEBIRD (LAST CHANCE) PROSPECT . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Workings): 3 SHAFTS AND SEVERAL SHALLOW CUTS

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J., AND JONES, 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

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.