Mine detail: Humboldt

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.59711, -118.26209
dep_id: 10040615
mrds_id: M055457
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Mercury
gangue: Gypsum, Sulfur
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 177: Hot-spring Hg
conc_proc: Hot Spring Deposit
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith S., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
References:
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252
  • Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
  • Deposit:: RUSSELL, 1885, GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF LAKE LAHONTAN, A QUATERNARY LAKE OF NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: USGS MON. 11
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