Mine detail: Wootan Prospect

Location:	Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long:	40.37684, -117.69902
dep_id:	10040580
mrds_id:	M055405
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Mercury
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Cinnabar
work_type:	Underground
model:	104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
conc_proc:	Open Space Filling
Reporter:	Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.)
hrock_unit:	Natchez Pass;Natchez Pass
hrock_type:	Limestone
disc_yr:	1941
discr:	Dan Wootan
References:	Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J., AND JES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG (TINGLEY) FILES.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.