Mine detail: Nevada Sulphur Company Mine

Previously called 'EdmondsenBlack Rock Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.86044, -118.66432

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Aluminum, Silver, Sulfur
Ore:	Alunite, Cerargyrite, Cinnabar, Sulfur
Gangue:	Gypsum
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	TO 1946, 1959
First production started:	1877

Geology

Host type:	Clay, Mud,Gravel,Sand and Gravel,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	N-S Faults; N23 Degrees Shear Zones
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055339
DEP	10040525
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF HUMBOLDT CO, NEV.; N.B.M.G. BULL 59.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38 NO 5; GEOL AND MIN. SER. NO. .}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 6995}{Deposit:: 1968, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF MINING SULPHUR-ON FILE AT N.B.M.G.}{Deposit:: SERIES OF UNPUBLISHED CORRESPONDENCE ON SULPHUR DISTRICT, DATED 1917-1920; ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES.}{Deposit:: OVERTON, T.D., 1943, RENO RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORP REPORT; UNPUBLISHED; ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES.}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Lapointe, D. D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)