Apache Mercury Claims

The Apache Mercury Claims is a mercury mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Apache Mercury Claims
Secondary: NBMG Samplesites 1476
Secondary: 1477

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Sand Springs 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Apache Mining Co.
Home Office: P.O. Box 5508, Reno, Nv
Years: 1970 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1970
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Barite-fluorite veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault

Type: L
Description: Tight Folding Of Limestone; Steep Normal Fault Near Center Of Claim Area

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Tasperoid Development

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1476 CONTAINS 3% FE, 3% MO, 7% CA, 0.03% TI, 3000 PPM MN, 0.7 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 1000 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 1500 PPM CO, 100 PPM CR, 300 PPM CU, 500 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 300 PPM SB, 200 PPM V, 300 PPM ZN, 20 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 1477 CONTAINS 5% FE, 0.07% MG, 1.5 PPM CA, 0.05% TI, 100 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 1000 PPM AS, 200 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 15 PPM CO, 70 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 10 PPM MO, 30 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 300 PPM SB, 30 PPM SN, 150 PPM SR, 300 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Dolomite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): APPEARS TO OCCUR AT POINT WHERE FAULT INTERSECTS A GENTLE ANTICLINAL STRUCTURE PLUNGING WEST.

Comment (Deposit): 3 ZONES OF MINERALIZATION; MAIN ZONE-THE DISCOVERY OUTCROP-IS A SILICIFIED ZONE ABOUT 100 FT LONG, 10-20 FT WIDE OUTCROPPING ALONG AN E.W. TRENDING DRY WASH. CINNABAR AND CALCITE OCCUR AS VEINLETS AND COATINGS ALONG BEDDING PLANE AND FRACTURES SURFACES IN SILICIFIED CARBONACEOUS LIMESTONE. BEST MINERALIZATION OCCURS ON THE SOUTH OR FOOTWALL SIDE OF THIS STRUCTURE, WHICH OCCURS ON EASTERN LIMB OF A TIGHTLY FOLDED SYNCLINE PLUNGING NW. WESTERN LIMB OF SYNCLINE CONTAINS TRACES OF CINNABAR. SAMPLES FROM THE MAIN EASTERN ZONE ASSAY AS HIGH AS 147 LB HG/TON, OF COURSE FOR A VERY NARROW ZONE ON FOOTWALL OF OUTCROP. A 7.5-FT CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS WEST FACE OF THE OUTCROP ASSAYED 7.8 LBS HG/TON. WEST OF THE MAIN MINERALIZED AREA CINNABAR OCCURS ALONG THE STEEP RANGE FRONT FAULT WHERE SILICIFICATION CAN BE SEEN FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET EACH WAY ALONG THE FAULT TRACE. ABOUT 600 FT UP THE WASH TO THE EAST, CINNABAR OCCURS IN A SILICIFIED ZONE ALONG A N 10 W FAULT STRUCTURE. MINERALIZATION

Comment (Development): 10 CLAIMS, 50 MORE LATER

Comment (Location): IN SAND SPRINGS MOUNTAINS. UTM IS TO SAMPLE SITE 1476. UTM OF SAMPLE SITE 1477 IS N4333940, E376350. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Workings): MODEST AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT BY TRENCHING

References

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1970, UNPUB, REPORT, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 13, ITEM 8.

Reference (Deposit): MILLER, BRUCE, 1984, NBMG FILE 13, ITEM 13-SAMPLE ANALYSES

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., [GEOLOGY OF] THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA: USGS OFR 1947, P. 297-300.

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, F.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUB. DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Nevada Gold

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