Mine detail: Big Deal Claims

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 41.37378, -117.44347

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1970

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Pumpernickel;Havallah
Host type:Quartzite
Structure:Faults
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM232728
DEP10045069
Reference{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J. V., 1970, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE BIG DEAL CLAIMS; ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.}{Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.}
ReporterLa Pointe, D. D., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)