Mine detail: Wheeler Ranch Prospect

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Location: Washoe County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.45961, -119.84712
dep_id: 10040458
mrds_id: M055251
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Chalcedony, Gypsum, Jarosite, Mercury, Pyrite, Quartz
work_type: Unknown
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith S.
hrock_unit: Kate Peak Formation
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Faults
disc_yr: 1875
prod_yrs: TO 1940
discr: John Poe
References:
  • 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
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