Mine detail: Prentiss Prospect

Previously called 'Paradise ViewBlue BucketHot Shot'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.35989, -117.45764

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Pumpernickel Formation;Havallah Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Limestone
Structure:	Thrust Fault, Unnamed Ne Normal Fault 1/2 Mi To Nw
Alteration processes:	Replacement Of Limestone

References

MRDS	M055345
DEP	10040530
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 NO 41}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.}{Deposit:: JONES, R. B., 29 APR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)