Mine detail: Munko Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.15207, -122.52139

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	FRACTURE COATINGS
Discovery year:	1939

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Peridotite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Klamath Mountains

References

MRDS	M055579
DEP	10040720
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. 174, 199.
Reporter	Gassaway, J. S., Peterson, Jocelyn A.