The Warm Springs Prospect is a mercury mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,980 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
Elevation: 4,980 Feet (1,518 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.18778, -117.10056
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Warm Springs Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Warm Springs Prospect
Secondary: Good Hope
Secondary: Mercury
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Warm Springs District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Henry Filipini
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BORDERED BY SEVERAL HOT SPRINGS
References
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): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
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.
