The Wild Horse Mine is a mercury mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,098 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: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 39.85444, -117.49056
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Wild Horse Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wild Horse Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Wild Horse District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Wildhorse Quicksilver Co.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Reg.Trends: Northerly
Type: L
Description: N To Nnw Trending Normal Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Calomel
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): COUNTY - LINE PROBLEMS. "A FEW MILES SW OF COMMON CORNER OF LANDER, PERSHING, AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES"
Comment (Geology): MODERATELY FOLDED AND FAULTED TRIASSIC SILICEOUS CONGLOMERATE, SANDSTONE, LIMESTONE, AND DOLOMITE, TILTED AND OVERLAIN BY NEARLY FLAT - LYING TERTIARY FANGLOMERATE AND RHYOLITE. ; MAJOR.UNITS: TRIASSIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ; GEOL.DESC: ROCKS SO SILICIFIED THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE ORIGINAL LITHOLOGY
Comment (Deposit): FRACTURE FILLING OCCURS IN LIMESTONE; WEST LIMB OF SOUTHWARD PLUNGING ANTICLINE.
Comment (Workings): (WORKING IN 1949) OPEN CUT. LAST OPERATED 1941.
References
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61
Reference (Deposit): ROSS AND DANE, 1942, THE WILD HORSE QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 931 - K.
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.
