Mine detail: Wheeler Ranch Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.45961, -119.84712

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony, Gypsum, Jarosite, Mercury, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Occurrence
Production years: TO 1940

Geology

Host rock:Kate Peak Formation
Host type:Andesite
Associated type:Andesite
Structure:Faults

References

MRDSM055251
DEP10040458
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: THOMPSON AND WHITE, 1964, GEOLOGY OF STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA, WASHOE CO., NEVADA: USGS P. P. 458A}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252}{Production:: BAILEY, E. H., US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S.