Mine detail: Berry Creek Group

Previously called 'Liquid MetalsSilverado'

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Location: Elko County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.28962, -116.2951
dep_id: 10040551
mrds_id: M055370
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Barite, Chalcedony, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LINEAR
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Bergquist, Joel R.
hrock_type: Andesite
Structure: Nne Trending Shear Zone
disc_yr: 1941
prod_yrs: TO 1943
discr: J.W. Gainey
References:
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.
  • Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252
  • Deposit:: NOLAN, 1936, THE TUSCARORA MINING DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 25
  • Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA
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