Mine detail: Lakeview Mine

Previously called 'Jong WongChinama* PropertyChong Wong'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.39243, -117.92288

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Pyrite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1919

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Luning Formation
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Faults
Alteration processes:Replacement

References

MRDSM055322
DEP10040513
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58}{Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252.}{Deposit:: 5) PHOENIX AND CATHCART, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973 - D}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)