Mine detail: Mariposa Prospect

Previously called 'Mariposa Canyon Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.65299, -117.02953

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Other material:	Barite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	TO 1940

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated type:	Granite

References

MRDS	M055313
DEP	10040506
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. 136.}{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. 256.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)