Mine detail: Disaster Peak Property

Previously called 'Nevada Cinnabar GroupBretchell Mercury Deposit.'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.96794, -118.14933

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Pyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chalcedony, Gypsum, Opal, Quartz
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Discovery year:	1939

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	TO 1942
First production started:	1940

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Mc Dermitt Caldera Collapse Structure, Two North - Trending Faults
Alteration processes:	Silicification; Argillic

References

MRDS	M055349
DEP	10040533
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL 38, NO. 5; MIN. SER 41.}{Deposit:: YATES, R.G., 1942; QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE OPALITE DISTRICT, MALHEUR CO. ORE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: USGS. BULL 931-N.}{Deposit:: BENSON, W.T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND MALHEUR CO., ORE; USBM. REPT. INV. 5285.}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe D.D.