Mine detail: White Peaks Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 2435.Scossa Mine, Bottle Creek Mine, Last Chance'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.36071, -118.31516

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Gangue:	Chalcedony
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1936

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1939-1940, 1946-1947
First production started:	1938

Geology

Host rock:	Sedimentary Rocks
Host type:	Diabase,Gravel,Sandstone,Tuff
Associated rock:	Rhyolite (Extrusive);Diabase Dike
Associated type:	Diabase,Rhyolite
Structure:	Major N-Trending, Steeply Dipping Faults ; Reg.Trends: Nne, Local Shearing Along Dike Contacts; 2 Sets Of Fractures Filled With Fe-Oxides.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Argillization Of Tuffs, Sandstones, Gravels

References

MRDS	M055032
DEP	10103771
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BOTTLE CREEK DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT CO, NEV; USGS. BULL 922A}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 41}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO; NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 59.}{Deposit:: BENSON, W.T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR CO. ORE: U.S.B.M. REPT. OF INV. 5285.}{Deposit:: JONES, R. B., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-14-84.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}{Reserve-Resource:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)