Mine detail: War Cloud Property

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.0627, -117.5465

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Iron
Orebody form: PAINTY FILMS, DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Ash-Flow Tuff
Structure:Iron-Stained Fractures.
Alteration processes:The Tuff Is Argillized.

References

MRDSM055290
DEP10040486
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:: HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 292.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF A PART OF THE SHOSHONE MTNS.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MAP 38.}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L.J., FIELD EXAMINATION, 9 AUG 1981}{Production:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)