Mine detail: Keg Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.37799, -117.94872

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue: Calcite, Wad
Discovery year: 1917

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Dunlap Formation
Host type:Shale
Structure:Cinnabar Canyon Thrust
Alteration processes:Replacement

References

MRDSM055323
DEP10040514
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:: 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)