Mine detail: Cahill Mine

Previously called 'Cherry BlossomNBMG Sample Site 2450'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.34628, -117.45764

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Ore: Cinnabar, Stibnite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: PODS, LENSES ALONG FAULT 2 ONE
Discovery year: 1936

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1940-1941, 1944-1945, 1948
First production started: 1940

Geology

Host rock:Havallah Formation;Pumpernickel Formation
Host type:Dolomite
Structure:Reg.Struct: Thrust Fault, Folding ; Reg.Trends: Nne, Fault, Parallel To Sedimentary Bedding. The Fault Is Locally Multiple And In Places Dies Out Only To Reappear A Few Feet Above Or Below With Small Displ-Acement. The Plan Of The Fault Is Arcuate
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM055016
DEP10040304
Reference{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H, AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. U. BULL., V.38, NO.5, GEOL AND MIN. SER. NO. 41.}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; U.S.B.M. INF CIRC. 6995}{Deposit:: JONES, R. B., 25 APR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
ReporterBergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)