Mine detail: Apache Mercury Claims

Previously called 'NBMG Samplesites 14761477'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.1463, -118.43096

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1970

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Granite
Structure:	Thrust Fault, Tight Folding Of Limestone; Steep Normal Fault Near Center Of Claim Area
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Tasperoid Development

References

MRDS	M243097
DEP	10047675
Reference	{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J.V., 1970, UNPUB, REPORT, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 13, ITEM 8.}{Deposit:: MILLER, BRUCE, 1984, NBMG FILE 13, ITEM 13-SAMPLE ANALYSES}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., [GEOLOGY OF] THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA: USGS OFR 1947, P. 297-300.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, F.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUB. DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Skurski, M., Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.)