Mine detail: Cardinal Mine

Previously called 'HarrisTowner and Ott'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.36771, -117.93427

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENSES AND STRINGERS
Discovery year: 1929

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1930-1932, 1937-1938, 1942
First production started: 1930

Geology

Host rock:Excelsior Formation
Host type:Chert
Associated type:Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:Steep Fault And Bedding Shears
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM055004
DEP10040293
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58}{Deposit:: PHOENIX AND CATHCART, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973 - D}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)