Mine detail: Hot Prospect

Previously called 'Beacon, Polkinghorne ProspectHot GroupValley View, Bonetta, Cain Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.19184, -117.65096

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mercury, Antimony
Tertiary:	Gold, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Cinnabar, Stibnite
Gangue:	Kermesite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, PODS
Other material:	Barite
Discovery year:	1956

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	TO 1956

Geology

Host rock:	Natchez Pass Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite
Structure:	Mt. Tobin Thrust Fault, Ne Trending Fault Zones
Alteration processes:	Replacement, Silicification

References

MRDS	M055274
DEP	10040473
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89}{Deposit:: LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61}{Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; IN USBM 1C 8252}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L. J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.}{Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA MERCURY DEPOSITS.}{Production:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977.}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)