Mine detail: Black Dyke Claim

Location:	Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long:	40.04462, -118.00152
dep_id:	10040467
mrds_id:	M055266
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Mercury
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Cinnabar
gangue:	Opal, Sulfur
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
model:	177: Hot-spring Hg
alteration:	Kaolinization, Silicification; Leaching
ore_ctrl:	Shear Zone
Reporter:	Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.), Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D.
hrock_type:	Quartz Monzonite,Clastic Sedimentary Rock
arock_type:	Quartz Monzonite
disc_yr:	1939
discr:	Wm. Simmons, Harry Olive And Joe Eyraud
References:	Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89. Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 41 Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; IN USBM 1C 8252. Deposit:: WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, USGS GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821. #5. BONHAM, H.F., JR., 12 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS. #6. BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J., AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.