Mine detail: Yellow Cat Mine

Previously called 'Golden Fleece'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.9302, -117.55066

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1930

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: TO 1930

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Quartz Latite
Structure:N - Nw Trending Normal Faults

References

MRDSM055289
DEP10040485
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 154.}{Deposit:: VITALIANO, 1963, CENOZOIC GEOLOGY AND SECTIONS OF THE IONE QUADRANGLE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP MF - 255.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 255}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)