Mine detail: Pronto Plata Mine

Previously called 'Includes Red Mill ClaimNBMG Sample Site 2362'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.50879, -117.74429

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Discovery year:	1939

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Tuff,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Alteration processes:	Argillization Of Adjacent Sediments

References

MRDS	M055277
DEP	10040476
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:: GARSIDE, L. J., 9 OCT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA HG DEPOSITS, NBMG FILES.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. H., JR., 1965, USBM IC 8252, P. 241}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)