Mine detail: Container Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.86021, -118.25316

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Barite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1927

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1927, 1941

Geology

Associated type:Granite
Structure:Thrust Fault And A Ne Trending Normal Fault
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM055366
DEP10040548
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 ORE DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78}{Deposit:: ROBINSON AND CROWDER, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA AND MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS MAP GQ - 1078.}{Deposit:: 5) HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
ReporterWong, George (Roberts, Ralph), Gassaway, Judith S.