Mine detail: Mercury Mining Co. Mine

Previously called 'PrescottIoneLahontan Mines'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.9227, -117.55344

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	NODULES, POD, VEINLETS, STRINGERS
Discovery year:	1907

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1911-1919, 1923-1925, 1927-1928, 1935-1943

Geology

Host rock:	Toyabe Quartz Latite;Sedimentary Rocks
Host type:	Shale,Andesite
Associated rock:	Toyabe Quartz Latite
Associated type:	Diabase,Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Shoshone Mountains ; Reg.Trends: Northerly, Nw Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Basin And Range.
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055037
DEP	10040321
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 149-151.}{Deposit:: VITALIANO, 1963, CENOZOIC GEOLOGY AND SECTIONS OF THE IONE QUADRANGLE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP MF - 255.}{Deposit:: GALLAGHER, 1967, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1967: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 254.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)