Mine detail: Flower Quicksilver Mine

Previously called 'Duane GroupKernick Divide Mining CoKernick - DuaneFlower - KernickFiorite Group, Logan BarWilliam Duane Mine, Bar Group, Spanish Belt Group,NBMG Sample Site #2034, Flower Mine.'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.66326, -116.91563

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Antimony, Selenium, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Cinnabar, Stibnite
Discovery year:	1908

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	TO 1943

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Phyllite,Shale,Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Granite
Structure:	Mineralization Occurs Adjacent To A Minor Thrust Fault.
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of Shale Adjacent To Quartz-Stibnite Vein; Oxidation Of Antimony; Argillization Of Gouge Along Thrust.

References

MRDS	M055314
DEP	10040507
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. 134-136}{Deposit:: LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCUY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 256}{Deposit:: ANCTIL, R.J. AND MELBYE,C.E.,1965, GEOLOGIC REPORT ON THE WARREN (FLOWER) QUICKSILVER MINE: NBMG FILE 213, ITEM 1.}{Deposit:: ERVINE, W.B., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL ZONING OF THE SPANISH BELT MINING DISTRICT, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: STANFORD UNIV. PH.D. THESIS, P.129.}{Deposit:: USBM IC-8252, 256 P.}{Deposit:: QUADE, JACK, 1985, NBMG FIELD/SITE EXAMINATION AND SAMPLING.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H. RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA (NBMG ?).}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Jones, David A. (Usgs-Mio)