Mine detail: Cinnabar City Mine

Location:	Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long:	40.31907, -118.09541
dep_id:	10040318
mrds_id:	M055033
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Mercury
Trace mineral:	Antimony
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Cinnabar
gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
other_matl:	Calomel, Mercury, Stibnite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
work_type:	Underground
model:	177: Hot-spring Hg
alteration:	Replacement
Reporter:	Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)
hrock_unit:	Natchez Pass
hrock_type:	Limestone
arock_type:	Basalt
Structure:	Louderbacks
tectonic:	Basin And Range
Year first produced:	1916
disc_yr:	1916
prod_yrs:	1916, 1929-1931, 1940-1943
discr:	Matt Music (1926)
References:	Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41 Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252 Deposit:: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH - SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955 - 1961: VOL. 1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105 Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984,UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3. Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA