Crystal Mercury

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125333
MRDS ID M055333
MAS/MILS ID 0320170165
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Mercury
Alternate or previous names Crystal-Bluenose Project, Blue Nose Peak, Larson

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.31252, 37.23498 (WGS84)
Elevation 1520
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Nose Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 S 069 E 19 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.31252, 37.23498

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, P. 164.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 28-87, 1987, FIG. 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-1991 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.