Mine detail: Pershing Mine

Previously called 'Lovelock QuicksilverAdamson Property'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.13684, -118.16875

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar
Gangue:	Ankerite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1912

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1916-1917, 1928-1930, 1942-1944, 1946
First production started:	1916

Geology

Host rock:	Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata-Dolomite
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated rock:	Diabase Dikes
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Relief Fault (Thrust) ; Reg.Trends: N 40 W, Nw Normal Fault; Overturned Anticlinorium
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055022
DEP	10040309
Reference	{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. 164}{Deposit:: LAWRENCE, F.C., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 167}{Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; USBM 1C 8252, P. 249-250.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)