Mine detail: Cinnabar Hill Mine

Previously called 'Robinson Quicksilver Cinnabar Hill Group - Merged Record M231018'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.1613, -118.58208

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Barite, Gypsum, Jarosite, Kaolin, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1938

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Replacement

References

MRDS	M055400
DEP	10040576
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM IC 7093}{Deposit:: WILLDEN AND SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 83}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S.