1/9/2024 0 Comments Abandoned horton mine footage![]() Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3. Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 27 JUL 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS. Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J., AND JONES R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PERSHING COUNTY, NB BULLETIN 89. MINING BY OPEN PIT IN 19 PRODUCED 487 FLASKS OF MERCURY INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT 2 UNPUB REPT 3 FIELD OBSERVĬomment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984. CINNABAR OCCURS AS DISCRETE CRYSTALS AND ANHEDRAL AGGREGATES IN CALCITE AND IN THE HOST ROCK.Ĭomment (Deposit): THE MINE DISCOVERED IN 1967. THE RICHEST ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CALCITE VEINLETS. THE HOST ROCK CONTAINS NUMEROUS CALCITE AND QUARTZ VEINLETS. DURING THE SAME PERIOD 1450 TONS OF LOWER GRADE ORE HAULED TO THE NEW ROTARY FURNACE PLANT OF STAR CITY MINES, LTD, IN WINNEMUCCA YIELDING ABOUT 100 FLASKS HG.Ĭomment (Geology): MINERALIZATION IS IN ALTERED GREENSTONE AS FINE CRYSTALS OF CINNABAR IN LIMONITIC ZONES. THE RECOVERY PLANT WAS REMODELED TO ACHIEVE LARGER CAPACITY, AND OPERATED UNTIL 1969, DURING WHICH TIME ABOUT 500 FLASKS OF MERCURY WERE RECOVERED. IN LATE 1967, HE LEASED A ROTARY FURNACE IN WINNEMUCCA AND BEGAN PROCESSING VERY RICH CINNABAR ORE HAULED ABOUT 30 MILES FROM THE MINE. HORTON, UNDER LEASE-OPTION, FOUND SOME GOOD ORE WHILE DOING CONTRACT BULLDOZING TO COMPLY WITH ASSESSMENT REGULATIONS AND SOON NEGOTIATED A LEASE FOR THE LIFETIME OF THE MINE. DID SOME EXPLORATORY DRILLING UNDER LEASE. BEATTY RELOCATED THE GROUND IN 1964 AND IN THE MID-1960'S CROFOOT MINING CO. LITTLE WORK WAS DONE ON THE PROPERTY DURING THE YEARS OF DECLINING MERCURY PRICES. THE 10 RICKY BOY CLAIMS WERE LOCATEDN 1957 BY THOMPSON AND BEATTY ON THE SITE OF SOME LONG-ABANDONED PROSPECT HOLES. FROM THE SOUTH CORNER OF THE CUT A 40-FT ADIT FOLLOWS A FAULT BETWEEN GREENSTONE AND TUFF FOR 1/2 MILE SW OF MAIN PIT ARE ABOUT 6 ROTARY BULLDOZER TRENCHES UP TO 300 FT LONG, 15 FT DEEP, AND AT LEAST 2 ROTARY DRILL HOLES.Ĭomment (Development): OPEN PIT MINING IN 19. THIS SILICIFICATION IS INTENSE, COMPLETELYĬomment (Deposit): REPLACING THE GREENSTONE, AND RESEMBLING THE OPALITE IN REPLACEMENT OPALITE MERCURY DEPOSITS.Ĭomment (Workings): OPEN PIT. SILICIFICATION SEEMS TO UNDERLIE THE ARGILLLIC ALTERATION AT THE PIT AT THE CORNER OF SECS. THE ALTERATION NOTED IN OTHER PITS IN A 1 SQ KM AREA IS ARGILLIC, WITH STRONG LIMONITE STAINING. THE SPARSE CINNABAR SEEN OCCURS MORE COMMONLY WITH DARK BROWN LIMONITE OR WITH THE QUARTZ VEINLETS. RARELY, 1-3 MM QUARTZ VEINLETS OCCUR IN THE LIMONITE ZONES. SOME BOXWORKS AFTER A SULFIDE MINERAL WERE NOTED IN A PROSPECT TRENCH NEAR THE CORNER OF SECS. ![]() THE CINNABAR SEEN WAS IN 1-4 CM WIDE IRREGULAR, VERTICAL, TO HORIZONTAL FRACTURES AND OPEN SPACES FILLED WITH POWDERY LIMONITE. THIS ZONE OF ARGILLIC ALTERATION MAY CONTAIN CINNABAR ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT OBSERVED. GREENSTONE IS ARGILLICALLY ALTERED NEAR THE FAULT. SHALLOW UNDERGROUND WORKINGS FOLLOW A N35E 55NW FAULT ZONE WHICH FLATTENS TO NEAR HORIZONTAL NEAR THE GROUND SURFACE. Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2320 OF SELECT, OCHEROUS GOSSAN WITH SPARSE DISSEMINATED CINNABAR CONTAINS 20 % MG, 0.3 % CA, +1 % TI, +5000 PPM MN, 0.5 PPM AG, 200 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 150 PPM CR, 500 PPM CU, 10 PPM MO, 100 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 50 PPM SC, 300 PPM V, 70 PPM Y, AND 150 PPM ZR.Ĭomment (Location): NEAR COMMON SECTIONS CORNER, UTM TAKEN AT SECTION CORNERĬomment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS IN IRREGULAR FRACTURES FILLED WITH OCHEROUS GOSSAN IN GREENSTONE.
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