Mine detail: Montezuma Prospect Hg

Previously called 'Mr ClaimsNBMG Sample Site 1375Sweeny Mine?'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.67105, -117.40509

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1928

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Eldorado Limestone, Deep Springs
Host type:	Limestone,Tuff
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of Tuffs And Lake Beds, Forming A Rib Of Opalite, Hydrothermal

References

MRDS	M242039
DEP	10046824
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38, NO. 5; GEOL. & MIN. SER. NO. 41, P. 76-77}{Deposit:: NBMG BULL 78, P. 58, 70.}{Deposit:: SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 12 MAY, 83.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, USBM IC 8252.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Marcus, Susan