Mine detail: Hith Prospect

Previously called 'Hitt Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.36521, -117.99427

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite, Clay
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1929

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: TO 1945

Geology

Host rock:Dunlap Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Bedding Planes, Faults

References

MRDSM055325
DEP10040515
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}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)