Mine detail: Hot Prospect

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

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.19184, -117.65096
dep_id: 10040473
mrds_id: M055274
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Mercury, Antimony
Trace mineral: Gold, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Stibnite
gangue: Kermesite
other_matl: Barite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR, PODS
model: 175: Barite-fluorite veins
alteration: Replacement, Silicification
conc_proc: Sb-Hg-Ba Mineralization
ore_ctrl: Fault Zone
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)
hrock_unit: Natchez Pass Formation
hrock_type: Dolomite
arock_type: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite
Structure: Mt. Tobin Thrust Fault, Ne Trending Fault Zones
disc_yr: 1956
prod_yrs: TO 1956
discr: Rene Amat
References:
  • 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  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA MERCURY DEPOSITS.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.
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