Mine detail: Keg Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.37799, -117.94872

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite
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 Lost Steers Thrust Faults, Cinnabar Canyon Thrust Fault, Smaller Fault
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	M233044
DEP	10045338
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 SOUTHER PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P 143-71.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944. QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL. V 38 NO. 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 41.}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.)