Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR, IRREGULAR
Ore controlMetasedimentary Rocks
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Scheelite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Associated rockGranite · Granite;Rhyolite
StructureOre In Roof Pendant
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1928-1931, 1936-1942
Discovery year1928
Identification
Deposit ID10040292
MRDS IDM055002
Alternate namesStovepipe Tunnel, Ott Shaft
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.6441, -116.97898
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 138.HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 257.USBM UNPUB DATA