Mine detail: Happy Day Prospect

Previously called 'Happy Day Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.29962, -118.09903

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	VEINLETS
Discovery year:	1954

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	TO 1957

Geology

Host rock:	Rochester Rhyolite (Wallace, Et Al)
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Nw Trending Fault (Concealed)

References

MRDS	M055270
DEP	10040466
Reference	{Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S., USBM IC8252}{Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE UNIONVILLE QUADRANGLE, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 820.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)