Mine detail: Scheebar Mine

Previously called 'North StarParadise Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.8127, -117.81761

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Cinnabar, Fluorite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Feldspar, Garnet
Orebody form:	BLANKET, LENTICULAR BODIES, SMALL PODSVEINS, DISSEMINATIONS
Discovery year:	1929

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	TO 1944

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Folding; N-Trending Shear Zones

References

MRDS	M055310
DEP	10040504
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. 140-141.}{Deposit:: VITALIANO AND CALLAGHAN, 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE PARADISE PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 250.}{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. 278}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)