Mine detail: Alum

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.90744, -117.66649

Resource(B)

Tertiary: Mercury, Sulfur, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore: Cinnabar
Orebody form: ELONGATE
Other material: Gypsum, Sulfur
Discovery year: 1868

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated rock:Esmeralda Formation
Associated type:Rhyolite

References

MRDSM055403
DEP10040578
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 78, P. 60.}{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: US GEOL. SURV., PROF. PAPER 55, P. 157-158.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN,F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO. P. 59-60.}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)