Horse Canyon Mine (Lida & Lucile groups; HC claims; Horse Canyon Mercury Mine; Lida claim; Mercury claims; Virgin claims; Lucille claim; Magee Mercury Inc.; Lida group; Lucile group; Gabbs Dugan property 1960), Jett Mining District, Toiyabe Range, Nye County, Nevada, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 36' 43'' North , 117° 17' 25'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Structure: Golconda Thrust Fault Deformation Of Host Rocks
Alteration: Leaching
Deposit: BRECCIATED SHEARED ZONES Discovery Year: 1937-38
Deposit type: Hot-spring Hg
Development: Gabbs exploration co. Began furnace-treating cinnabar ore at the dugan property in horse canyon in 1960, employing 7 men.
Geology: Geol.desc: bailey and phoenix, 1944, p. 156: "the oldest rocks (the ore bearing rocks) of the area are paleozoic (?) thin - bedded contorted and broken beds of limestone, shale, and chert conglomerate." unconformably overlying the sediments is a 75 ft bed of andesitic tuff; a glassy rhyolite flo w overlies the tuff. Rocks listed above from ferguson and cathcart using bailey's location
Rock formation(s): Esmeralda Formation
Ore(s): The Deposits Lie Within And Adjacent To A Broad, Major, West-Northwest Trending Fault Zone.
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2 valid minerals.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| F | Fluorine | |
|---|---|---|
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Hg | Mercury | |
| Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10040493 |
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- Antler Foreland BasinBasin
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Golconda-Roberts Mountain DomainDomain
- Northern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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