Reward Mine

The Reward Mine is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 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: Reward Mine
Secondary: Kane
Secondary: Leighton Cinnabar
Secondary: Sommerfield and Thompson

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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Dallas H. Grey, Jr. And The C. A. Bonner Estate
Home Office: San Francisco, Calif.

Owner Name: Pacific Placers Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1928
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

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

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Jurassic

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Stibnite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Location): IN DUNLAP CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS IN FAULT GOUGE, AS CRYSTALS IN VEINLETS IN SANDSTONE, AND AS DISSEMINATED GRAINS IN SANDY LIMESTONE LENS.

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TWO ADITS, ONE NORTH OF THE OTHER, ON ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL. THE SOUTHERN ADIT HAS ABOUT 350 FT OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS AND A LARGE STOPETO THE SURFACE; THE NORTHERN ADIT CONTAINS ABOUT 50 FT OF WORKINGS, INCLUDING A SMALL INCLINED WINZE 20 FT DEEP.

Comment (Deposit): ON A GROUP OF 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

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

Reference (Deposit): PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, F.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P. 143-71.

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

Reference (Production): 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.