Mine detail: John Coats Prospect

Previously called 'Coats'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.34297, -116.8843

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Chalcedony
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR , TABULAR
Discovery year:	1941

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Payette Formation-Sandstone, Sandy Shale , Shale;Idaho Formation-Sandstone, Sandy Shale
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	Broad - Crested Anticlines; Syncline In Snake River Valley, Local Structural Depression, As A Result Of Faulting
Alteration processes:	Silicification (Opalization), Opalitization

References

MRDS	M055153
MAS	160870058
DEP	10092578
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: USGS BULL. 1042-D, P. 79 - 104}{Deposit:: 1956 GEOLMAP ROSS, BULL. 1042-D}{Deposit:: 1964 COMPILE IBM & G SP. RPT. NO. 1}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.