Mine detail: Virginia L. Claims

Previously called 'Lackey MineVirginia L. Mercury Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.59626, -117.11911

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Opal
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1941

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Phyllite
Host type:	Phyllite,Limestone
Associated rock:	Columbia River Basalt
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Broad - Crested Anticline, Local Structural Depression, Partly The Result Of Faulting.
Tectonic:	Snake River Downwarp

References

MRDS	M055156
MAS	160870059
DEP	10088611
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.}{Deposit:: BAILEY E. H., 1964 , MINERAL RESOURCES - MERCURY, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1 , P. 119 - 123}{Deposit:: ROSS, C. P., 1956 , QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS NEAR WEISER, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1042-D, P. 79 - 104 .}{Deposit:: 1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT}{Production:: USBM DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.