Mine detail: Velvet Workings

Previously called 'Butte Quicksilver Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.12157, -116.56011

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	BLANKET

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Alteration processes:

Silicification

References

MRDS	M055384
DEP	10040562
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: GRANGER, ET AL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 54}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S.