Unnamed Mercury-Gold Prospect

The Unnamed Mercury-Gold Prospect is a mercury and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Mercury-Gold Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 3153
Secondary: 3154

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Athens 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shear Zones

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Volcanics Are Bleached And Argillized

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPL-E 3154 CONTAINS 2 % FE, 0.07 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.05 % TI, 200 P-PM MN, 2 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 70 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 7 PPM CU, 5 -PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 15 PPM PB, 15 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR.
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3153 CONTAINS 0.7 % FE, 0.07 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.05 % TI, 70 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 30 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 1 PPM B-E, 70 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 15 PPM V, 150 PPM ZR

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): OLD WORKINGS, BUT EXACT AGE IS UNKNOWN. FIRST PERIOD WAS FOR GOLD, LATER FOR MERCURY, AND RECENTLY DRILLED FOR GOL-D (MARCH, 1986)

Comment (Commodity): CINNABAR AND GOLD IN QUARTZ VEIN

Comment (Deposit): ON 250,000 TONOPAH SHEET, WARRIOR MINE SHOWN TO BE IN MINERAL COUNTY, COULD BE SAME AS COSTA PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Location): NEW ROAD TO TOP OF HILL 1 MILE SOUTH OF WARRIOR MINE. AREA OF PROSPECTS EXTENDS OVER INTO MINERAL COUNTY. UTM IS FOR NBMG SAMPLE SITE 3153. UTM FOR NBMG SAMPLE SITE 3-154 IS N 4273530, E 427200 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS ARE ON A HILL ABOUT 500 FT ABOVE AND 1 MILE S OF WARRIOR MINE, BUT WITHIN THE SAME WELDED TUFF UNIT. MOST- OF THE WORKINGS ARE ALONG SILICIFIED ZONES WITHIN SHEARS THAT- CUT THE VOLCANICS LIKE A STOCKWORK. SAMPLE 3153 WAS FROM A VE-IN IN AN INCLINE BEARING S30E, 80W. ADJACENT TO THE SHAFT, A D-RILL HOLE HAS BEEN SLANTED TO CROSS THE SAME VEIN. THE VEIN MA-TERIAL WAS IRON-STAINED QUARTZ STRINGERS AND LESSER AMOUNTS OF- BRECCIA WITH QUARTZ FRAGMENTS AND A MATRIX CONSISTING IN PART- OF GRAY-BLACK FINE CRYSTALS OF SULFIDES. THE AMOUNT OF BRECCI-A PRESENT IS SUBORDINATE TO THE AMOUNT OF QUARTZ. SAMPLE 3154 -IS FROM ANOTHER SHAFT TO THE WEST THAT WAS ALSO ADJACENT TO A -SLANTED DRILL HOLE. THIS SECOND VEIN WAS IN A SHEAR BEARING N -40E, DIP SW, WITH STRINGERS OF IRON-STAINED QUARTZ AND SOME AL-UNITE CRYSTALS.

Comment (Workings): TEN OR MORE SHAFTS, SEVERAL ADITS, NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND PROSPECTS AS WELL AS RECENT ROADS AND DRILL HOLES.

References

Reference (Deposit): YORK, 1944, THE GEOLOGY OF NEVADA ORE DEPOSITS: NBMG BULL. 40

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.