Mine detail: Silica Pit

Previously called 'Steamboat Springs Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.3821, -119.7602

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Silica

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

References

MRDS	M055253
MAS	320310125
DEP	10198404
Reference	{Deposit:: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 2, 1962, P. 40.}{Deposit:: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 70, 1969, P. 88, 128.}{Deposit:: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 41, 1944, P. 190, PLATE 1.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORM. CIRC. 8252, 1965, P. 276, 296.}{Deposit:: U.S. GOEL. SURVEY PROF. PAPER 458-A, 1964, P. 48.}
Reporter	Schmauch, Steven W.