The Brown Prospect is a mercury mine located in Modoc county, California at an elevation of 5,679 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.245, -120.36778
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Brown Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brown Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Modoc
District: Alturas District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification (Opalite)
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION TO CENTER OF SECTION.
Comment (Development): EXPLORED IN 1939-1940
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, OPEN CUTS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: RIBS OF OPALITE AND SILICIFIED VOLCANIC TUFF
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 172, 199
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