Mine detail: Cinnabar City Mine

Previously called 'ClackKing George MineHarrisCinnabar KingHerbert Hoover ClaimsNancy and Jackie Claims 1975'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.31907, -118.09541

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Other material: Calomel, Mercury, Stibnite
Discovery year: 1916

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1916, 1929-1931, 1940-1943
First production started: 1916

Geology

Host rock:Natchez Pass
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Basalt
Structure:Louderbacks
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Replacement

References

MRDSM055033
DEP10040318
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: 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 PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984,UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA}{Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
ReporterBergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)