Mine detail: Cardinal Mine

Previously called 'Towner and OttHarris'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.36826, -117.934

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR, PODS
Discovery year: 1929

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1943

Geology

Host rock:Excelsior Formation
Host type:Chert
Structure:Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults
Tectonic:Basin & Range

References

MRDSM233035
DEP10104013
Reference{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 38, NO. 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SET. NO 41.}{Deposit:: PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P 167.}{Production:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.4., PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P. 146.}
ReporterTingley, J.V.