Mine detail: Lori Mine

Previously called 'Lori No. 1'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.13046, -118.16736

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Discovery year:	1912

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1928-1930, 1941-1943, 1955-1958

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone,Dolomite
Structure:	Relief Fault (Thrust); Nw Normal Fault; Overturned Anticlinorium.

References

MRDS	M055280
DEP	10109635
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 89.}{Deposit:: SILBERLING AND WALLACE, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR PEAK GROUP (TRIASSIC) AND OVERLYING LOWER MESOZOIC ROCKS, HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA: USGS PP 592, P. 45}{Deposit:: HMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; USBM 1C 8252, P. 248-249}{Deposit:: WALLACE, ETAL, 1959, PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF BUFFALO MTN QUAD., NEVADA: USGS MAP MF-220}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)