Description
T. Pepper And C. Keough
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR, POD
Ore controlFault Intersections
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Dunlap Formation
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite · Interbedded Volcanic Rocks
StructureCinnabar Canyon Thrust Fault ; Reg.Trends: Northerly, Oldest To Youngest: Lost Steers Thrust Fault; Ne Trending Vertical Normal Faults (During Mineralization); Keough Fault (Nw) (Post Mineralization).
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationReplacement
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1916-1917, 1919, 1921-1922, 1925-1931, 1933, 1935-1936, 1939-1942
Discovery year1913
Identification
Deposit ID10040295
MRDS IDM055006
Alternate namesCinnabar King, Booth - Wardell, Seitz, Mina Mercury, Mina Merc.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.37354, -117.94872
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