Mine detail: Kaolin Mercury Mine

Previously called 'Walker MineDixie MineClaybanks MineDuplex Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.30157, -118.1393

Resource(B)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Mica, Clay
Ore: Cinnabar, Kaolinite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Other material: Sericite
Discovery year: 1908

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1910-1917, 1927, 1941-1943, 1951, 1956

Geology

Host type:Felsic Volcanic Rock,Trachyte
Associated type:Rhyolite
Alteration processes:Kaolinization

References

MRDSM055267
DEP10040468
Reference{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PERSHING CO., NEV.; PHD THESIS, STANFORD UNIV.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
ReporterBergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)