Mine detail: Juniper Mine

Previously called 'Nevada QuicksilverBenedict Mine'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.1699, -118.18597
dep_id: 10040306
mrds_id: M055020
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Trace mineral: Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Stibnite
gangue: Calcite
orebody_fm: BUNCHES, PODS
work_type: Surface
model: 177: Hot-spring Hg
conc_proc: Replacement
ore_ctrl: Normal Contact With Overlying Shale, Some What Faulted
Reporter: Bergquist, Joel R., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_unit: Dun Glen Formation-Limestone
hrock_type: Shale,Limestone
arock_unit: Diabase Dikes
arock_type: Basalt
Structure: Relief Fault (Thrust), N40w Trend ; Reg.Trends: N 40 W
tectonic: Basin And Range
Year first produced: 1927
disc_yr: 1923
prod_yrs: 1927-1930, 1932-1933, 1942
discr: E.M. Benedict
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
  • Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 161-163
  • Deposit:: LAWRENCE, F.C., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 167
  • Deposit:: LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61.
  • Deposit:: 5) SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH - SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955 - 1961: VOL. 1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105.
  • Deposit:: 6) WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.
  • Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA
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