Mine detail: Erway Property

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.80073, -118.99266

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Gypsum, Sulfur
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Discovery year:	1943

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Argillization

References

MRDS	M055239
DEP	10040450
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILY,E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. V.38, NO.5; GEOL. AND MIN. SER. NO. 41.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOL.URVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: WILLDEN AND SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 83}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)