Mine detail: Jackson and Surprise Claims

Previously called 'Surprise Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.11379, -116.61538

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1940

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Small Fault
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055375
DEP	10040556
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}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.