Mine detail: Nody Prospect

Previously called 'Wilson CinnabarHanley LeaseErroneously Called Finger Rock Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.74686, -117.96816

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Alunite, Calcite, Gypsum, Quartz, Sulfur
Discovery year:	1934

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Nw-Trending Steep Fracture Zone.
Alteration processes:	Volcanics Are Altered, Bleached White, Locally Silicified; Argillized.

References

MRDS	M042775
DEP	10098380
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA}{Deposit:: USBM I.C. 8252 P. 296}{Deposit:: NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P.}{Deposit:: GALLAGHER, M.J., 1969, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS, IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1969; STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NV, 19 P.}{Deposit:: NBMG BULL 41, 1944, P. 156-157.}{Deposit:: NBMG BULL 50, 1951, P. 113.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)