Mine detail: Wootan Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.37684, -117.69902

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1941

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Natchez Pass;Natchez Pass
Host type:Limestone

References

MRDSM055405
DEP10040580
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J., AND JES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG (TINGLEY) FILES.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 274.}{Deposit:: BENSON, W.T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON: USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 5285, P. 50}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41.}
ReporterLi, Zhiping (Peters, S.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.)