Mine detail: Diamondfield Property

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.74162, -117.16035

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	ISOLATED CRYSTALS, AGGREGATES
Discovery year:	1908

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Shear Zone
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Alunization

References

MRDS	M055304
DEP	10040498
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 144-145.}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)