Mine detail: Miller Cinnabar

Previously called 'Virmyra GoldHighland'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.08462, -113.05165

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead, Arsenic, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Cinnabar, Jamesonite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz, Realgar
Orebody form:	STRINGERS

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Brazer Formation-Limestone
Host type:	Limestone

References

MRDS	M055217
MAS	160310022
DEP	10040437
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Murphy, Lyn S. And Miller, Pat, Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)