Mine detail: Buckskin Peak Mine

Previously called 'Paradise MineMccormick GroupMccormick-Dermody'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.78905, -117.55209

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Cinnabar, Pyrite
Gangue:	Alunite, Chalcedony, Kaolinite, Opal, Quartz
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Discovery year:	1907

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1938

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Clay. Alteration Minerals Associated With Mercury Ores Include Quartz, Alunite And Kaolinite And The Rock Is Largely C-Onverted To Opalite Consisting Of Quartz And Chalcedony. At De-Eper Levels, The Alteration Assemblages Consist Of Illite-Mont-Morillonite And Calcite-Chlorite.

References

MRDS	M232773
DEP	10104003
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. UMV. BULL. VOL 38 NO 5; SER. NO 41}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSIT AT BUCKSKIN PEAK, NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: USGS BULL 922E.}{Deposit:: BENSON, W. T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR CO., OREG: U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 5285}{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J. V., 1968; UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE BUCKSKIN PEAK MERCURY DEPOSIT; ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV: U.S.B.M.I.C 6995}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L. J. AND BONHAM, H. F., 18 AUG 83, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION ON TOUR LED BY PETER VEKRE OF ASARCO, AND SAMP-LE ANALYSIS.}{Production:: BAILEY, E. H. AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)