Ralston Prospect

The Ralston Prospect is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,069 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Ralston Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Cuprite Hills Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: E. A. Moross
Home Office: Goldfield, Nv.
Years: 1943 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shear Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Chalcedony

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES VERY SMALL

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT ADIT WITH 140 FT OF CROSSCUTS, A 30 FT SHAFT, A 120 FT ADIT, AND A 30 FT TRENCH.

References

Reference (Production): BAILEY AND PHOENIX

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 139-140.

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: US BUREAU OF MIENS, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 285.

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.