Mine detail: Sheep Corral Workings

Previously called 'Governor Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.15379, -116.639

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated type:	Obsidian
Structure:	Nw Trending Silicified Fault Zone
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055399
DEP	10040575
Reference	{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	Gassaway, Judith S.