Mine detail: Pronto Plata Mine

Previously called 'Includes Red Mill ClaimNBMG Sample Site 2362'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.50879, -117.74429
dep_id: 10040476
mrds_id: M055277
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: BLANKET
model: 177: Hot-spring Hg
alteration: Argillization Of Adjacent Sediments
Reporter: Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_type: Tuff,Rhyolite
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
disc_yr: 1939
discr: Bob Beko And H. W. Baldwin
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:: 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  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA HG DEPOSITS, NBMG FILES.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
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