Nevada · Nye County
Plant

Northumberland Mine

Nye County, Nevada, United States
GoldSilverMercury
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsArsenopyrite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chert, Cinnabar, Dolomite, Freibergite, Gold, Orpiment, Pyrite, Quartz, Realgar, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1985
Identification
Deposit ID10173835
MRDS IDW016473
Alternate namesCyprus, Cyprus Northumberland, Chipmunk Oreboby, Main Oreboby
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates38.95803, -116.84652
References
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