Mine detail: Miller Cinnabar

Previously called 'Virmyra GoldHighland'

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Location: Cassia County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.08462, -113.05165
dep_id: 10040437
mrds_id: M055217
mas_id: 160310022
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Trace mineral: Copper, Lead, Arsenic, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Jamesonite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Barite, Quartz, Realgar
orebody_fm: STRINGERS
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Fissure, Breccia Zone
Reporter: Bergquist, Joel R., Murphy, Lyn S. And Miller, Pat, Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)
hrock_unit: Brazer Formation-Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
References:
  • Deposit:: Mercury In Idaho, 1965, USBM Ic 8252
  • Deposit:: Anderson, A.L., 1931 , Geology And Mineral Resources Of Eastern Cassia County, Idaho: Idaho Bur Mines And Geology Bull 14 , 169 P.
  • Production:: USBM Data
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