Mine detail: Montgomery Summit Property

Previously called 'Summit Mountain Mercury'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.97382, -118.36262

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony, Gypsum, Pyrite, Quartz, Sulfur
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Crush Zone
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM055424
DEP10103796
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG. BULL. 58}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)