Mine detail: Berry Creek Group

Previously called 'Liquid MetalsSilverado'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.28962, -116.2951

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Barite, Chalcedony, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1941

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	TO 1943

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Structure:	Nne Trending Shear Zone

References

MRDS	M055370
DEP	10040551
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.