Mine detail: Rattlesnake Canyon Prospect

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 2419Carbonate Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.05932, -118.61239

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Copper, Iron
Ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Hematite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1909

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1941 - 1942
First production started:	1945

Geology

Host rock:	King Lear Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Andesite
Associated type:	Hornblendite,Andesite,Plutonic Rock
Structure:	Deer Creek Thrust, Shear Zones
Alteration processes:	Clay Minerals, Calcite, Dolomite Associated W/Ore

References

MRDS	M055340
DEP	10040527
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 41.}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1909, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; U.S.G.S. BULL. 414.}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, 1964, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF JACKSON MOUNTAINS, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 1141 - D}{Deposit:: JONES, R. B., 17 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Lapointe, D. D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)