Mine detail: Mammoth Mine

Previously called 'Luck* BoyEaster'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.3841, -117.98344

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1929

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDSM233046
DEP10045340
Reference{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.}{Deposit:: PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, I.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, J.B., 1952, P. 146; ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.4.}
ReporterFlynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.)