Mine detail: Old Timer Property

Previously called 'Joe GroupOldtimerCoss'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.37573, -117.69568

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Orebody form: TABULAR/IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1940

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: TO 1960

Geology

Host type:Quartzite
Structure:Shear And Breccia Zone

References

MRDSM055278
DEP10040475
Reference{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USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BENSON, W. T., 1956, USBM RI 5285.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA HG DEPOSITS, NBMG FILES.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
ReporterRoyse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.), Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)