Mine detail: Fletcher Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.35576, -117.94177

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	M233038
DEP	10045333
Reference	{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58}{Deposit:: PHOENIX, P.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973.D.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W. JR., 1965, USBM IC 8252}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.)