Mine detail: Goldbanks Quicksilver Mine

Previously called 'Redman GroupGbh GroupNBMG Sample Site 2361'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.47684, -117.67568

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony, Opal, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1913

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1913-1914; 1916-1917; 1934; 1937-1942; 1944-1947
First production started: 1913

Geology

Host type:Sandstone
Associated type:Rhyolite
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Silicification (Opalite)

References

MRDSM060491
DEP10042634
Reference{Analytical Data:: GARSIDE (1984)}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 57.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41.}{Deposit:: DREYER, R.M., 1940, GOLDBANKS MINING DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 33.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.}{Deposit:: STAFF, 1969, AN EXPANSION PROGRAM UNDERTAKEN BY STAR CITY MINES LTD.: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 120, NO. 6, PP 277-79.}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L.J., AND SCHILLING, J.H., 1979, THERMAL WATERS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 91.}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, GOLDBANKS QUICKSILVER MINE-FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, PERSHING COUNTY, GOLDBANKS DISTRICT: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILE.}{Deposit:: STAFF, 1965, MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 260-261.}{Production:: JOHNSON (1977); GARSIDE (1984)}{Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1969.}
ReporterLi, Zhiping (Peters, S.), Johnson, Maureen G., Bergquist, Joel R., Royse, Sue E., Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.)