Mine detail: Rim Rock and Homestake Groups

Previously called 'WilburgIvanhoe CinnabarHomesteakHomestakeHillside and Opal'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.17268, -116.58427

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	BLANKET

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Structure:	Nne Normal Faults
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055374
DEP	10040555
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: GRANGER, ET AL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 54}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.