Mine detail: Wildcat Prospect

Previously called 'Mariposa Wildcat'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.65132, -116.97564

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	VUGGY PARTS OF THE VEIN
Other material:	Barite
Discovery year:	1939

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated type:	Granite

References

MRDS	M055312
DEP	10040505
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. 138-139.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE US: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 256.}{Production:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)