Mine detail: Reward Mine

Previously called 'Sommerfield and ThompsonRed TopKaneLeighton Cinnabar'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.36326, -117.96622

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Antimony, Copper
Ore:	Cinnabar, Malachite, Stibnite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1914

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1914, 1928-1937, 1939-1942
First production started:	1929

Geology

Host rock:	Luning Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Thrust Faults ; Reg.Trends: Northerly, Northerly Trending Fault
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Replacement

References

MRDS	M055005
DEP	10040294
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}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)