Mine detail: Wheeler Ranch Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.45961, -119.8474

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Gypsum, Jarosite, Pyrite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Walker Lane Fault System, North-Trending Faults
Alteration processes:	Bleaching, Propylitization

References

MRDS	M231061
DEP	10043780
Reference	{Deposit:: THOMPSON, GA, WHITE, DE, REGIONAL GEOL, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA, WASHOE CO, USGS PROF PAPER 458-A, 1964}{Deposit:: BONHAM, HF, GEOL MIN RES, WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBM&G BULL 70, 1969}{Deposit:: BAILEY, EH, US GEOL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL 41.}{Deposit:: 5) HOLMES, GW, JR, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252}
Reporter	Tingley, J.V.