Mine detail: Bluff Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Sites 12551966'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.733, -118.02676

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury, Gold, Silver
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Limonite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Shale,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Highly Contorted Limestone
Alteration processes:	Silicification; Gossan-Like Alteration

References

MRDS	M242496
DEP	10047228
Reference	{Deposit:: BAKER, ART III, 1964, UNPUBLISHED SCOUTING REPORT ON THE BLUFF MINE; NBMG FILE 88, ITEM 1.}{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 16 AUGUST 1982.}{Deposit:: QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 20 APRIL 1984.}{Deposit:: NBMG OFR 83-12, 1983}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)