Mine detail: Horse Canyon Mine

Previously called 'Magee MercuryInc.Lida GrpLucile GrpGabbs Dugan Property 1960'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.61243, -117.29036

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	VEINLETS, COATINGS, DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS
Discovery year:	1937

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1942-1961

Geology

Host rock:	Esmeralda Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Chert
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Golconda Thrust Fault, Deformation Of Host Rocks
Alteration processes:	Leaching

References

MRDS	M055299
DEP	10040493
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. 155-156.}{Deposit:: FERGUSON AND CATHCART, 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE ROUND MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ 40}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U. S.: U. S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 278-279.}{Deposit:: CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, SEPT. 1960, P.24.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)