Mine detail: M and M Mine

Previously called 'Mercury Mountain'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.25272, -116.45757

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Mercury
Gangue: Kaolinite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1929

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: TO 1961

Geology

Host type:Tuff
Associated type:Tuff
Structure:Joints
Alteration processes:Argillation

References

MRDSM055295
DEP10103787
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 41, P. 147-148.}{Deposit:: QUINLIVAN, W.D. AND ROGERS, C.L., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TYBO QUAD: USGS MAP I-821.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA - IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 258}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)