Mine detail: Senator Mine

Previously called 'Red Bird Toquima'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.66687, -117.01092

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Jarosite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	SMALL, NARROW, DISCONTINOUS BODIES
Other material:	Barite
Discovery year:	1925

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1928-1930, 1938-1940

Geology

Host rock:	Phyllites And Limestones
Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Granite;Rhyolitic Tuff
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Granite
Structure:	Veins Parallel Sheeting In Granite
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	M055001
DEP	10040291
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 136-137}{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E.,1951, NBMG BULL 50, P. 25.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Gassaway, Judith S.