Mine detail: O. K. Property

Previously called 'Esmeralda'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.94299, -118.30844

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony, Pyrite
Orebody form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1927

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: TO 1941

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Shear Zone
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM055363
DEP10040545
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78}{Deposit:: CROWDER, ET AL, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE, MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AND ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 1013.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)