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Mercury Mining Co. Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040321
MRDS ID M055037
Record type Site
Current site name Mercury Mining Co. Mine
Alternate or previous names Ione, Prescott, Lahontan Mines
Related records 10149713

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.55344, 38.9227 (WGS84)
Elevation 2329
Relative position 1.5 MI N OF BUFFALO MTN, AT THE HEAD OF SHAMROCK CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 039E 01,02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY CONSIST OF 11 PATENTED CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Toyabe Quartz Latite
    Rock description Toyabe Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Toyabe Quartz Latite;Sedimentary Rocks
    Rock description Toyabe Quartz Latite;Sedimentary Rocks
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intermediate silicic ash flow tuff
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Shoshone Mountains ; Reg.Trends: Northerly
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form NODULES, POD, VEINLETS, STRINGERS
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 21.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures Near Vertical Faults And Volcanic Vent

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS ; GEOL.DESC: TRIASSIC SANDSTONE, SHALE, LIMESTONE AND INTRUSIVE DIABASE IN FAULT CONTACT WITH TERT. ANDESITIC AGGLOMERATE AND RHYOLITIC TUFFS AND FLOWS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer J. L. Workman
Production years 1911-1919, 1923-1925, 1927-1928, 1935-1943

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Heald, Heald, And Lynch
    Home office Box 207, Gabbs, Nv. 89409. J. W. Lynch, General Manager
    First year 1967
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. C. Bradley Mining Co.
    Home office 425 Crocker Building, San Francisco, Ca.
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • MAJOR PRODUCTION BEFORE 1920. REPORTS IN BAILEY'S PERSONAL FILES INDICATE PRODUCTION OF GREATER THAN 11,000 FL

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LOW GRADE RESERVES NON EXISTENT (1942)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1371.6M
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF HAULAGE ADITS, DRIFTS, FOUR GLORY HOLES, NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS, BULLDOZER TRENCHES, AND SEVERAL SHORT EXPLORATORY ADITS. THE LARGEST GLORY HOLE WAS 150 FT LONG, 50 FT WIDE, 70 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • RETORT AT MINE, 1942 ; ECON.COM: ROADS NOT PASSABLE DURING WINTER MONTHS (OWING TO HEAVY SNOWFALL)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 149-151.

  • Deposit

    VITALIANO, 1963, CENOZOIC GEOLOGY AND SECTIONS OF THE IONE QUADRANGLE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP MF - 255.

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, 1967, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1967: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 254.

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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