Mine detail: Deep Creek Prospect

Previously called 'SilvertownSilvertonCedarville'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.50458, -120.20994

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Jasper, Malachite, Pyrite, Sericite
Orebody form:	THIN FILMS AND SPECKS IN SHEAR ZONE
Discovery year:	1935

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Structure:	Warner Mountains, Fracture Zone
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055501
DEP	10040647
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. 172, 199.}{Deposit:: ROSS, C.P., 1941, SOME QUICKSILVER PROSPECTS IN ADJACENT PARTS OF NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 931-B, P. 28-29.}
Reporter	Gassaway, J. S., Peterson, Jocelyn A.