Mine detail: Horton Mine

Previously called 'Ricky Boy Claims 1982NBMG Sample Site 2320.'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.62823, -117.60596

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1957

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1968

Geology

Host rock:	Pumpernickel Formation
Host type:	Greenstone

References

MRDS	M055406
DEP	10040582
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSON M.G. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PERSHING COUNTY, NB BULLETIN 89.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J., AND JONES R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG.}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L.J., 27 JUL 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.}{Production:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977.}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D.D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)