Mine detail: Van Ness Mine

Previously called 'Stovepipe TunnelOtt Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.6441, -116.97898

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Tungsten
Ore: Cinnabar, Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1928

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1928-1931, 1936-1942

Geology

Associated rock:Granite;Rhyolite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Ore In Roof Pendant
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM055002
DEP10040292
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. 138.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 257.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)