Mine detail: Rock Creek Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 41.33518, -116.5015

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz, Stibnite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Structure:Fault Zone

References

MRDSM055243
DEP10092590
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: GRANGER, ET AL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 54}{Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S.