Mine detail: Coveney Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.37882, -117.93872

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	LINEAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Dunlap Formation
Host type:	Shale
Structure:	Cinnabar Canyon And Last Steers Thrust Faults
Tectonic:	Basin & Range

References

MRDS	M233034
DEP	10045330
Reference	{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.}{Deposit:: PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P. 162.}{Production:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.4}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.)