Mine detail: Lakeview Prospect

Previously called 'Chong WongJong WongLakeview Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.39993, -117.92038

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	VEINLETS
Discovery year:	1919

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Luning
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Cinnabar Canyon Thrust Fault
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	M233054
DEP	10045347
Reference	{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58}{Deposit:: PHOENIX, D.A., & CATHCART, I.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., & PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41.}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.), Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.)