Mine detail: Fredrickson Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.82, -115.4789

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Vanadium
Tertiary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Cinnabar, Descloizite, Galena, Hydrozincite, Vanadinite
Gangue:	Barite, Wulfenite
Other material:	Cuprodescloizite
Discovery year:	1897

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Yellowpine Limestone;Sandstone At Base Of Birdspring Formation
Host type:	Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	Fredrickson Fault-Dip Slip-Approx. 1000 Ft To East
Alteration processes:	Limestone Dolomitized & Brecciated In And Near Fredrickson Fault

References

MRDS	M242239
DEP	10098675
Reference	{Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD: USGS P.P.162, P.147-148.}{Deposit:: LONGWELL, C.R., ET. AL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK, CO., NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 62, P.190.}{Deposit:: ALBRITTEN, C. C., JR. ET AL., 1954, USGS BULL 1010.}{Deposit:: BAILEY & PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL, 41.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS & MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO, NEVADA.}{Production:: LONGWELL, ET. AL; 1965, P.190}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.), Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.)