Mine detail: Hermes Mine

Previously called 'CinnabarBonanza'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.91849, -115.29179

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Antimony
Ore:	Cinnabar, Orpiment, Realgar, Stibnite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1902

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1918

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
Associated type:	Dacite
Alteration processes:	Argillic Alteration, Silicification, Sericitization

References

MRDS	M055154
DEP	10106911
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., 1964 , MINERAL RESOURCE - MERCURY IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPEC. REPT. NO. 1 , P. 119 - 123}{Production:: USBM DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)