Rogers - Burnison Property, Bottle Creek Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USAi
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Rogers - Burnison Property | Property |
Bottle Creek Mining District | Mining District |
Humboldt County | County |
Nevada | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 22' 58'' North , 118° 21' 17'' West
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Alteration: Silicification (Opalite)?
Commodity: Cinnabar said to occur As rich stringers and crystals in rhyolite
Deposit: Stringers and disseminations discovered about 1940. Workings consist of a 20-ft. Shaft with 30 feet of drifts, a 40-ft shaft, and surface trenches. The property was still in the prospect stages in 1944. Exact location is unsure due to conflicting information ; info.src : 1 pub lit
Deposit type: Hot-spring Hg
Geology: Cinnabar is found in rich narrow stringers and As widespread disseminated crystals in the rhyolite.
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ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Bailey, E.H., and Phoenix, D.A., (1944), Univ. of Nev. Bull. Vol. 38, No. 5, Geol & Min. Ser. No 41: Quicksilver Deposits in Nevada.
Holmes, G.W., Jr., (1965), Mercury in Nevada: USBM Ic 8252
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10040445 |
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