Mine detail: De Longchamps Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 39.46907, -119.27766

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Ore: Cinnabar, Stibnite
Gangue: Chalcedony, Opal
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Occurrence
Production years: TO 1962

Geology

Host rock:Desert Peak Formation
Host type:Dacite,Andesite,Basalt
Structure:Shear Zone, N 70 W
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM055429
DEP10040597
Reference{Deposit:: LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61}{Deposit:: LAWRENCE AND WILSON, 1962, MERCURY OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG MAP 7. ONE MILLION SCALE SET}{Deposit:: ROSE, 1969, GEOLOGY OF PARTS OF THE WADSWORTH AND CHURCHILL BUTTE QUADRANGLES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 71.}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S.