Mine detail: Paymaster Prospect

Previously called 'Black Knob MineDewitz and Dingee'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.21462, -118.2368

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Ankerite, Dolomite
Orebody form: DISSEMINATED
Discovery year: 1930

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Basalt
Structure:Shear Zone

References

MRDSM055284
DEP10040480
Reference{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}
ReporterBergquist, Joel R., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)