Mine detail: Lost Steers Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.36854, -117.9465

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Calomel, Cinnabar
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Quartz, Stibiconite, Stibnite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1913

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1941

Geology

Host rock:	Dunlap Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults, Several Small Faults, Seen Only Underground, And A Well-Developed Vertical Fault
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	M233045
DEP	10045339
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, NO.5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO.41.}{Production:: PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART-T.B., 1952, P. 146}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.)