Mine detail: Franklin-Keeney Property

Previously called 'Franklin - Keene'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.39794, -118.41849

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence
First production started:	1945

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Alteration processes:	Silicification (Opalite)

References

MRDS	M055234
DEP	10088617
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}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Production:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Lapointe, D. D.