Mine detail: Allen Mine

Previously called 'Spring'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.36215, -117.99122

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Clay, Pyrite
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1919

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1943

Geology

Host rock:	Dunlap Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Thrust And Normal Faults, Faults-Two Thrust Faults, The Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrusts
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	M233031
DEP	10045328
Reference	{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. UNIV., V. 38, NO. 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO 41.}{Deposit:: PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 973-D, P. 143-171.}{Production:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.4; PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P. 146}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.)