Mine detail: Warm Springs

Previously called 'MercuryLime Cap'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.51573, -117.10011

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Barite, Chalcedony, Jarosite, Pyrite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1935

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1939

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Structure:Deposit Surrounded By Hot Spring Sinter Material
Alteration processes:Country Rock Oxidized And Argillezed

References

MRDSM232417
DEP10044813
Reference{Deposit:: STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV, N.B.M. BULL 88}{Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 40, REFERENCE NO. 3201500204}{Deposit:: MCKEE E.H. & STEWART J. (1968) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CEDARS QUAD, USGS OPEN-FILE MAP}{Production:: STAGER, H.K., 1977.}
ReporterKirkham, Richard A.