Mine detail: Old Timer Property

Location:	Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long:	40.37573, -117.69568
dep_id:	10040475
mrds_id:	M055278
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Mercury
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Cinnabar
gangue:	Calcite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR/IRREGULAR
model:	177: Hot-spring Hg
ore_ctrl:	Brecciated Zone
Reporter:	Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.), Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)
hrock_type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Shear And Breccia Zone
disc_yr:	1940
prod_yrs:	TO 1960
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:: 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 Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA HG DEPOSITS, NBMG FILES.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