Mine detail: Steamboat Springs Mine

Previously called 'Silica Pit'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.38323, -119.75933

Resource(B)

Primary:	Mercury
Secondary:	Sulfur, Silica
Tertiary:	Antimony, Silver, Gold
Ore:	Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Opal, Quartz, Sulfur

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Alluvium
Associated type:	Diorite,Andesite
Structure:	Walker Lane Fault System, Steamboat Hills Fault System (N-S)
Alteration processes:	Bleaching, Propylitic

References

MRDS	M231060
DEP	10043779
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, EH, PHOENIX, DA, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 41, 1944}{Deposit:: BONHAM, HF, GEOL & MIN RES, WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV NBM&G BULL 70, 1969}{Deposit:: THOMPSON, GA, WHITE, DE REGIONAL GEOL, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA, WASHOE CO, NEV USGS PROF PAPER 458-A, 1964}{Deposit:: PAPKE, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 70}
Reporter	Tingley, J.V.