Nevada Quicksilver Mine, Union Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Nevada Quicksilver Mine | Mine |
| Union Mining District | Mining District |
| Nye County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 54' 49'' North , 117° 33' 16'' West
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Structure: Regional structural trens in the Shoshone Mountains are northerly. Rocks are cut by NW-trending faults.
Alteration: Argillzation and silicificationof host rocks are common.
Commodity: Ore Materials: free gold, cinnabar Gangue Materials: chalcedony, clay
Deposit: Ore occurs in tuff beneath fault gouge as veinlets in the tuff. Triassic sandstone, shale, limestone, and intrusive diabase are in fault contact with Tertiary andesitic agglomerate and rhyolitic tuffs and flows. Major rock units include : Tertiary volcanics. The Toiyabe overlies Oddie Rhyolite; mine is in Toiyabe quartz latite formation.
Deposit type: Hot-spring Hg
Development: The property was purchased by Nevada Cinnabar Company in 1912; operated by LDC Mining Company 1960-1965. The mine was active from 1908-1918 with minor lessee activity intermittently since then. The mine was owned by Keough and Larson Development Co. and mined by Big "B" Mining Company in 1967. In 1994, it was reported that Marshall Earth Resources Inc. had discovered a geologic resource at the Nevada Mercury mine estimated at around 50,000 ounces of gold. Goldfields Mining Co., who had leased the property during 1992-93, made the initial discovery during their first phase of drilling on the Burro patented mining claim. Marshall was optimistic about the potential for exploration of a large area of disseminated low-grade gold in the vicinity of the discovery.
Geology: Triassic sandstone, shale, limestone, and intrusive diabase are in fault contact with Tertiary andesitic agglomerate and rhyolitic tuffs and flows. Major rock units include : Tertiary volcanics. The Toiyabe overlies Oddie Rhyolite; mine is in Toiyabe quartz latite formation.
Ore(s): Ore occurs in tuff beneath fault gouge.
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4 valid minerals.
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| ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
| Hg | Mercury | |
| Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10310478 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Golconda-Roberts Mountain DomainDomain
- Havallah BasinBasin
- Northern Basin and RangeWide Rift
USA
- Nevada
- Shoshone MountainsMountain Range
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