Mine detail: Antelop Mercury Deposit

Previously called 'Brunton Pass Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.88552, -117.73734

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Copper, Gold, Silver
Discovery year: 1945

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1948

Geology

References

MAS320230164
DEP10246622
Reference{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 278, 296.}{Deposit:: BENSON, W. T., 1950, ANTELOPE MERCURY PROSPECT, NYE COUNTY,}{Deposit:: NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES EXAMINATION REPORT, 5 PP.}{Deposit:: BENDIX FIELD ENGINEERING CORP., 1982, NATIONAL URANIUM}{Deposit:: RESOURCE EVALUATION, TONOPAH QUADRANGLE, NEVADA:}{Deposit:: PREPARED FOR THE U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, CONTRACT NO. DE-}{Deposit:: ACO7-76301664, 36 P.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 4-91, 1991, APPENDIX B,}{Deposit:: TABLES B-1 AND B-2, SAMPLES 308-320; APPENDIX A,}{Deposit:: FIG. A-13.}
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