Mine detail: Buckskin Prospect

Previously called 'Buckskin Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.93604, -118.29038

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Sugarloaf Canyon Formation
Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite

References

MRDSM055367
DEP10040549
Reference{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:: ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78}{Production:: BAILEY, E. H., US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)