Description
J. C. Ott And J. Towner
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES AND STRINGERS
Ore controlFault And Bedding Shear Junctures.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockChert · Excelsior Formation
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite
StructureSteep Fault And Bedding Shears
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1930-1932, 1937-1938, 1942
First production1930
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10040293
MRDS IDM055004
Alternate namesHarris, Towner and Ott
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.36771, -117.93427
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58PHOENIX AND CATHCART, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973 - DUSBM UNPUB DATA