Mine detail: Unnamed Mercury Prospect

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.12129, -118.14347
dep_id: 10040588
mrds_id: M055415
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
model: 177: Hot-spring Hg
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith S., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_unit: Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Formation
hrock_type: Conglomerate
Structure: Nw Normal Faults
References:
  • Deposit:: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH, SUMMARY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 15-1961; V.1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO 94105
  • Deposit:: WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.
  • Deposit:: WALLACE, ET AL., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF BUFFALO MTN. QUAD., PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA; USGS MAP GQ-821
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