Mine detail: Drew Mine

Previously called 'Red DevilsBugg and DrewFarnham and Drew'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.38076, -117.92955

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Zinc, Gold, Silver, Antimony
Ore:	Bindheimite, Calamine, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibiconite
Gangue:	Calcite, Olivenite
Orebody form:	LENSES AND STRINGERS
Discovery year:	1914

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1916-1917, 1919, 1921, 1930, 1932-1933, 1941-1942
First production started:	1916

Geology

Host rock:	Dunlap Formation-Shale And Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Interbedded Volcanic Rocks
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Cinnabar Canyon Thrust Fault, Lost Steers Thrust Fault
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055008
DEP	10040297
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)