Mine detail: Pit 3 Workings

Previously called 'Butte Quicksilver Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.12407, -116.56983

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Orebody form: BLANKET

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Ash
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM055383
DEP10103793
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: GRANGER, ET AL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 54}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S.