Mine detail: Drew Mine

Previously called 'Bugg and DrewFarnham and DrewRed Devils'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.38104, -117.92733

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Lead, Silver, Gold
Gangue:	Bindheimite, Calamine, Calcite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Stibiconite
Discovery year:	1914

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Dunlap Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Cinnabar Canyon And Los Steers Thrust Faults
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	M233037
DEP	10045332
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. BULL., 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: USGS BULL. 973-D, P 160-62.}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUS. MINES INF. CTR. 6941.}{Production:: PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P. 146.}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.)