Mine detail: Horse Creek Prospect

Previously called 'Minnehaha and Barsten LangeBarton - Lange'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.82177, -123.00419

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold
Ore: Cinnabar, Gold
Orebody form: FRACTURE FILLING (HG), NUGGETS (AU)
Discovery year: 1878

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Hornblendite
Associated type:Granite
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains

References

MRDSM055498
DEP10040644
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 171, 198.}{Deposit:: MURDOCK, JOSEPH, AND WEBB, R.W., 1966, MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA, CENTENNIAL VOLUME (1866-1966): CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 189, P. 150.}{Deposit:: *RIEN, J.C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4, P. 460.}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 78, P. 169.}
ReporterGassaway, J. S., Peterson, Jocelyn A.