Mine detail: Snowdrift Property

Previously called 'Zilkey Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.37072, -117.43375

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1940

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Havallah Formation;Pumpernickel Formation
Host type:Quartzite,Limestone
Structure:Thrust Fault, 1
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM055343
DEP10040526
Reference{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. U. BULL. VOL. 38, NO. 5; GEOL & MIN SER. NO. 41}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA MERCURY DEPOSITS.}{Deposit:: JONES, R. B., 29 APR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION}{Production:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944.}
ReporterBergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)