Mine detail: Ruja Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.86488, -117.93349

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1970

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Reg.Struct: Mcdermitt Caldera Collapse Structure, Ruja Fault
Alteration processes:	Argillic, Silicic,

References

MRDS	M055463
DEP	10040617
Reference	{Deposit:: RYTUBA, J.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MCDERMITT CALDERA, NEV-ORE; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT 76-535.}{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J.V., 1970, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE RUJA MINE: ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, .}{Deposit:: SPRINGER, H. E., 1971, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1971: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 21 P.}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Lapointe, D.D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)