Mine detail: Lark Mine

Previously called 'Davis and RoseberryCinnabar GrpIvanhoe GrpRattlesnakeLucky Boy.'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.13657, -116.59705

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1915

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1915, 1930-1931, 1940-1941

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Structure:	N 15 E Normal Fault
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055376
DEP	10040557
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.