Mine detail: Jackson & Surprise Claims

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.10962, -116.60955

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1940

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1940

Geology

Associated type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Silica Replacement-Formation Of Opalite

References

MRDS	M233283
DEP	10045518
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT}{Deposit:: BAILEY & PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 41}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.