Mine detail: Pershing Quicksilver Mine

Previously called 'Adamson PropertyLovelock Quicksilver'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.1343, -118.17177

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold, Lead, Silver, Antimony, Copper

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1916

Geology

References

MRDSM055022
MAS320270363
DEP10198096
Reference{Deposit:: NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 1977, P 48, 49, PL 2A}{Deposit:: NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 61, 1963, P 167, PLS 1 & 10}{Deposit:: MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY,N.NEVADA & NW UTAH,SOUTHERN PACIFIC,19}{Deposit:: NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 41, 1944, P 164, PLS 1, 19, 20 & 21}{Deposit:: USBM RI 5285, 1956, P 18}{Deposit:: USBM IC 8252, 1965, P 249}{Deposit:: USBM IC 6902, 1936, P 27}
ReporterLinne, James M.