Mine detail: Mcdermitt Mine

Previously called 'Joint Venture'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.91655, -117.81432

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Uranium, Lithium
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Alunite, Apatite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Gypsum, Iron, Montmorillonite, Stibnite
Orebody form: BLANKET, DISCONTINUOUS
Discovery year: 1924

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
Production years: SEPT 1975 - 1990
First production started: 1975

Geology

Associated rock:Cordero Rhyolite;Cordero Rhyolite;Cordero Rhyolite;Footwall Rhyolite;Footwall Rhyolite;Footwall Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Mcdermitt Caldera Collapse Structure, Basin-Range Normal Faults
Alteration processes:Argillic, Silicic

References

MRDSM054731
DEP10040100
Reference{Deposit:: RYTUBA, J.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MCDERMITT CALDERA, NEV-ORE; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT. 76-535}{Deposit:: ROPER, M.W., 1976, HOT SPRINGS MERCURY DEPOSITION AT MCDERMITT MINE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; REPRINT OF PAPER GIVEN AT ANNUAL AIME MEETING IN LAS VEGAS IN 1976.}{Deposit:: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR, 1980.}{Deposit:: DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.}{Deposit:: MCCORMACK, JOHN K., 1986, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO THESIS (MS): PARAGENESIS AND ORIGIN OF SEDIMENT-HOSTED MERCURY ORE AT THE MCDERMITT MINE, MCDERMITT, NEVADA.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.)