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Nevada · Humboldt County

Cahill Mine

Unconfirmed Mercury Underground

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Humboldt
Mining district
Poverty Peak District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Mercury
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Cherry Blossom, NBMG Sample Site 2450

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

An Hg occurrence/mine located in sec. 15(?), T40N, R40E. Structure: Reg. Struct: Thrust Fault, Folding; Reg. Trends: NNE Fault, parallel to sedimentary bedding. The fault is locally multiple and in places dies out only to reappear a few feet above…

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 12 adit symbols
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • USGS MRDS working type: Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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

  • Cordero Mining Co. · Historical operator
  • Cahill, T. M. · Source-reported owner

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Calcite
  • Quartz
  • Cinnabar
  • Stibnite
  • Calcite
  • Calomel
  • Cinnabar
  • commodity:Antimony
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  • Calcite
  • Quartz
  • Cinnabar
  • Stibnite
  • Calcite
  • Calomel
  • Cinnabar
  • commodity:Antimony
  • commodity:Mercury
  • Dolostone
  • Eglestonite
  • Gypsum
  • Montroydite
  • Native Mercury
  • Quartz
  • Stibnite
  • Terlinguaite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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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 (12)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 3885

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (13)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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