Mine detail: Oswell Property

Previously called 'Oswald Property'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.80023, -115.97644

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Other material:	Chalcocite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite
Discovery year:	1938

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Nopah (Windfall) Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Fault

References

MRDS	M055296
DEP	10040490
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: KRAL, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA NBMG BULL. 50}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 77}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)