Mine detail: Lou Prospect

Previously called 'Murphy LeaseCostaRed Cap ?'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.59631, -117.84205

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Cinnabar, Gold
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1939

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pre-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
Host type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated rock:	Pre-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Alteration processes:	Argillization, Silicification

References

MRDS	M233172
DEP	10045438
Reference	{Deposit:: ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL.58}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: YORK, BERNARD; 1937, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE JOE COSTA QUICKSILVER PROPERTY}
Reporter	Royse, Sue E.