Mine detail: Taylor-Braach Prospect

Previously called 'White Horse District'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.55657, -119.49294

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Gypsum, Jarosite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1931

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1940-1941

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Alteration processes:	Argillization, Silicification

References

MRDS	M055256
DEP	10040462
Reference	{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG. BULL. 41}{Deposit:: LAWRENCE AND WILSON, 1962, MERCURY OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG MAP 7. ONE MILLION SCALE SET.}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Flynn, Patricia D.