Mine detail: Montezuma Prospect

Previously called 'Sweeny Mine ?'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.67161, -117.40648

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Tuff
Associated type:Tuff,Rhyolite
Structure:Fault (N60w, 30sw)
Alteration processes:Silicification (Opalite)

References

MRDSM055245
DEP10040453
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)