Mine detail: Vulture Mine

Location:	Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long:	40.18129, -118.21069
dep_id:	10040477
mrds_id:	M055279
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Mercury
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Cinnabar
orebody_fm:	VEINLET
model:	177: Hot-spring Hg
Reporter:	Gassaway, Judith S., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_unit:	Dun Glen Formation
hrock_type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Upper Plate Of Thrust Fault; Over Turned Anticlinorium
prod_yrs:	TO 1955
References:	Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM 1C 8252 Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89 Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41 Deposit:: WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821. Deposit:: 5) BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41 Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA