Mine detail: Hitt Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.36576, -117.99427

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Discovery year: 1929

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1940
Last production ended: 1948

Geology

Host rock:Dunlap Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Cinnbar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSM233042
DEP10045336
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. 143-171.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA UNIV. BULL, V. 38, 00.5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 41.}{Production:: PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P.146}
ReporterFlynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.)