Mine detail: Brown Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.24486, -120.36883

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATED

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification (Opalite)

References

MRDS	M055571
DEP	10040712
Reference	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
Reporter	Gassaway, J. S., Peterson, Jocelyn A.