Mine detail: Plymouth Property

Previously called '*eary Quicksilver'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.93628, -117.65958

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1929

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1941

Geology

Host rock:Harmony Formation
Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Quartz Latite
Structure:Sonoma Thrust, Prospect In Lower Plate, Upper Plate Harmony Formation
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM231281
DEP10043969
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, EDGAR H., AND D. A. PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.}{Deposit:: GILLULY, 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WINNEMUCCA QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND PERSHING COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS MAP GQ 656.}{Deposit:: SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961: VOL. 1, SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO, 94105.}{Production:: BAILEY, E. H., AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Tingley, J.V., Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.)