Mine detail: F and L Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.89993, -118.24344

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal, Quartz
Orebody form: ISOLATED BUNCHES
Discovery year: 1934

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Sugarloaf Canyon Formation
Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Alteration processes:Silicification (Opalite)

References

MRDSM055365
DEP10040547
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.}{Deposit:: 5) HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)