Mine detail: Holt Property

Previously called 'Red Hope, Bronco, Xx, and Xxx ClaimsRalph Holt Halt, Reed.Little Mike'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.39656, -117.47097

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1944

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pumpernickel Formation;Havallah Formation
Host type:	Dolomite,Chert
Structure:	Folds, Faults
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055346
DEP	10040531
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; UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38 NO. 5; GEOL. MIN. SER. NO. 5.}{Deposit:: BENSON, W.T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR CO., ORE: U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 5285.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)