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Nevada · Pershing County

Hillside Mine

Mindat Confirmed Mercury Underground 9 mapped adits

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Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Pershing
Mining district
Spring Valley District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Mercury
Verification
Mindat Confirmed

Also known as

  • Metals 1-10, Hillside Mercury Prospect, La Questa, Empire 1-6, Ruth 1-8, Happy Days Claims

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Sec 6 T28N R35E Structure: Shear Zone (N Trending, W Dipping) Deposit: First located in 1941, and being developed in 1943, worked intermittently in 1950's. Mine workings include a 110-foot inclined shaft and about 250 feet of drifts and raises on 3 l…

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Additional documented workings

  • Adit — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
  • Drift — documented in 1 source record, noting 1950 ft, 250 ft.
    Mindat
  • Raise — documented in 1 source record, noting 1950 ft, 250 ft.
    Mindat
  • Shaft — documented in 1 source record, noting 250 ft, 1950 ft.
    Mindat

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 9 adit symbols
  • Adit : Unionville , 1954
  • Adit : Fitting , 1987
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Drift
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: ked intermittently in 1950's. Mine workings include a 110-foot inclined shaft and about 250 feet of drifts and raises on 3 l... Histo…
  • Raise
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: ttently in 1950's. Mine workings include a 110-foot inclined shaft and about 250 feet of drifts and raises on 3 l... Historical conte…
  • Shaft · depth 250 ft
    Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: being developed in 1943, worked intermittently in 1950's. Mine workings include a 110-foot inclined shaft and about 250 feet of drift…
  • USGS MRDS working type: Underground
  • Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: ing) Deposit: First located in 1941, and being developed in 1943, worked intermittently in 1950's. Mine workings include a 110-foot inclined shaft and about 250 feet of drif…
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type

Verification

Mindat Confirmed

Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.

Why confirmed?

Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Star Peak Quicksilver Co., Lovelock ; Lund Mining Co. · Historical operator
  • Pacific Syndicate Or W. E. Simpson Sr And W. E. Simpson Jr · Source-reported owner

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Calcite
  • Cinnabar
  • Basalt
  • Calcite
  • Calomel
  • Cinnabar
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Mercury
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  • Calcite
  • Cinnabar
  • Basalt
  • Calcite
  • Calomel
  • Cinnabar
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Mercury
  • commodity:Silver
  • Limestone
  • Native Mercury
  • Quartz
  • Stibnite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped adit symbols (9)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 58726

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (11)
  • underground workings

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