Mine detail: Paymaster Prospect

Previously called 'Black Knob MineDewitz and Dingee'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.21462, -118.2368
dep_id: 10040480
mrds_id: M055284
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Ankerite, Dolomite
orebody_fm: DISSEMINATED
model: 177: Hot-spring Hg
Reporter: Bergquist, Joel R., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Basalt
Structure: Shear Zone
disc_yr: 1930
References:
  • 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:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252
  • Deposit:: WALLACE, ET AL., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF BUFFALO MTN. QUAD, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA; USGS MAP GQ-821
  • Production:: HMES
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