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

MRDS	M232417
DEP	10044813
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.}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.