Mine detail: Black Dyke Claim

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Sites 2547, 2548, 2549Mercury 1-4 Claims'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.04462, -118.00152

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal, Sulfur
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1939

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite,Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:Kaolinization, Silicification; Leaching

References

MRDSM055266
DEP10040467
Reference{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; IN USBM 1C 8252.}{Deposit:: WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, USGS GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821. #5. BONHAM, H.F., JR., 12 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS. #6. BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J., AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.}
ReporterLi, Zhiping (Peters, S.), Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D.