Mine detail: Silica Mine

Previously called 'My Pal GroupNBMG Sample Site 2545'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.05851, -118.00402

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silica
Tertiary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cristobalite, Opal
Gangue:	Clay, Sericite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Shale,Tuff
Alteration processes:	Intense Acid Leaching

References

MRDS	M055411
DEP	10098456
Reference	{Deposit:: WALLACE ET AL., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MTN. QUAD., PERSHING AND CHURCHILLOUNTIES, NEVADA; USGS MAP GQ-821.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J., AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 12 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULLETIN 89.}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D.D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)