Mine detail: Canyon Creek Prospect

Previously called 'Canyon CreekShoshone'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.78044, -117.64848

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Iron
Ore: Cinnabar, Pyrite
Gangue: Iron
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1929

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Diabase
Structure:Shear Zone
Alteration processes:Strong; Argillic Silicic

References

MRDSM055352
DEP10040535
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICK SILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. UNIV. BULL. VOL 38 NO. 5; MIN SER. NO. 41.}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.}
ReporterBergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)