Mine detail: Kaolin Mercury Mine

Previously called 'Walker MineDixie MineClaybanks MineDuplex Mine'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.30157, -118.1393
dep_id: 10040468
mrds_id: M055267
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Trace mineral: Mica, Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Kaolinite
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
other_matl: Sericite
model: 177: Hot-spring Hg
alteration: Kaolinization
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_type: Felsic Volcanic Rock,Trachyte
arock_type: Rhyolite
disc_yr: 1908
prod_yrs: 1910-1917, 1927, 1941-1943, 1951, 1956
References:
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
  • Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
  • 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.
  • Deposit:: 5) JOHNSON, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)
  • Deposit:: RANSOME, 1909, MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO., NEVADA; USGS BULL 414.
  • Deposit:: SCHRADER, 1914, THE ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS BULL 580-M
  • Deposit:: OPF, 1924, ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS BULL 762
  • Deposit:: VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATIONOF ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING CO., NEV.; PHD THESIS, STANFORD UNIV.
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
  • Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA
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