Mine detail: Freckles Mine

Previously called 'Roman, Baker-Mckenzie MineWilliamson and GartiezKitten Springs MineTable No. 2 Claim 1984NBMG Sample Site 2340.'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.09323, -117.93124

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR BUNCHES, VEINLETS, DISSEMINATIONS
Discovery year:	1940

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Alteration processes:	Siliicification

References

MRDS	M055265
DEP	10103786
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 41.}{Deposit:: HOLMES1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; IN USBM 1C 8252.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, F.H., RYTUBA, J.J., AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DTAT ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA. #5. GARSIDE, L.J., 15 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Production:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977.}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)