Mine detail: Fault Line Prospect

Previously called 'Coveney Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.37854, -117.93872

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	TABULAR, IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	M055328
DEP	10040517
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}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)