Mine detail: Horton Mine

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

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.62823, -117.60596
dep_id: 10040582
mrds_id: M055406
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 178: Almaden Hg
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D.D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_unit: Pumpernickel Formation
hrock_type: Greenstone
Year first produced: 1968
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1957
discr: Ed Thompson And J.C. Beatty
References:
  • 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  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J., AND JONES R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG.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.
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