Mine detail: Mercury King Prospect

Previously called 'North ForkRed BoyRed OreVermillion FractionDavis QuickPayne QuickTerry QuickHarris Quick Claims.'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.3424, -117.55595
dep_id: 10040472
mrds_id: M055273
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Limonite
model: 177: Hot-spring Hg
Reporter: La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.), Bergquist, Joel R.
hrock_unit: Koipato Group
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Tuff
Structure: Shear Zone
disc_yr: 1941
prod_yrs: TO 1942
discr: J. B. Davis
References:
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
  • Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
  • Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
  • Deposit:: GARSIDE, L. J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT
  • Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA
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