Mine detail: Rim Rock and Homestake

Previously called 'WilburgIvanhoeCinnabar'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.17268, -116.58372

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Discovery year:	1932

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Silica Replacement-Formation Of Opalite

References

MRDS	M233284
DEP	10098635
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT}{Deposit:: BAILEY & PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 41}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.