Description
H. H. Leighton And J. T. Kane (1928)
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryAntimony, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model175: Barite-fluorite veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlRolls On Footwall Side Of Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Malachite, Stibnite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Sandstone,Conglomerate · Luning Formation
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite
StructureThrust Faults ; Reg.Trends: Northerly, Northerly Trending Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationReplacement
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1914, 1928-1937, 1939-1942
First production1929
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10040294
MRDS IDM055005
Alternate namesSommerfield and Thompson, Red Top, Kane, Leighton Cinnabar
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.36326, -117.96622
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