Mine detail: Kirby Mine

Previously called 'May'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.82361, -115.52612

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Mercury, Gold
Ore:	Calamine, Cinnabar
Gangue:	Alunite, Chert, Clay, Galena, Limonite, Plumbojarosite, Pyromorphite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Goodsprings Formation
Host type:	Shale,Dolomite
Associated type:	Granite

References

MRDS	M055241
DEP	10040451
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: HEWETT, 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS, GOODSPRINGS QUAD, USGS PROF PAPER 162}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S.