Mine detail: Ralston Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.56606, -117.16841

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Alunite, Chalcedony, Opal

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Structure:Shear Zone
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM055311
DEP10103788
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 139-140.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: US BUREAU OF MIENS, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 285.}{Production:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)