Cardinal Mine

The Cardinal Mine is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,652 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: Cardinal Mine
Secondary: Towner and Ott
Secondary: Harris

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Pilot Mountains 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Cornelius, L. V. And Son
Home Office: Mina, Nevada

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1929
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LINEAR, PODS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): MINE WORKINGS ON SE SIDE OF RIDGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Production): WORKED BY LESSORS IN 1942 - PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR WITH QUARTZ AND CALCITE FILLS CRACKS AND FISSURES IN CHERT, AND IS ALSO FOUND IN BRECCIA AND GOUGE ALONG A FAULT, ORE BODIES ARE SMALL AND HIGH-GRADE.

Comment (Workings): ABOUT 650 FT OF WORKINGS. A SMALL GLORY HOLE, WHICH HAS EXPLORED THE MAIN ORE ZONE AT THE SURFACE, IS CONNECTED TO A DRIFT THAT CUTS THE FAULT AT DEPTH.

Comment (Geology): THE JUNCTION OF A MAJOR FAULT WITH BEDDING SHEARS SEEMS TO FORM THE MOST FAVORABLE ZONES FOR ORE BODIES.

References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 38, NO. 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SET. NO 41.

Reference (Deposit): PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P 167.

Reference (Production): ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.4., PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P. 146.

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.