Mine detail: Wild Horse Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.85435, -117.49151

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Secondary:	Antimony
Ore:	Calomel, Cinnabar, Stibnite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Gypsum, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1939

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1940-1943

Geology

Host rock:	Fanglomerate;Dolomite, Shale, And Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Reg.Trends: Northerly, N To Nnw Trending Normal Faults
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055011
DEP	10103769
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61}{Deposit:: ROSS AND DANE, 1942, THE WILD HORSE QUICKSILVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 931 - K.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S.