Description
Thomas Pepper And Charles Keough
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlVeinlets Occur In Brecciated Limestone Above Shale Contact.
Materials
Ore mineralsCalomel, Cinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
GangueBarite, Bornite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Dunlap Formation
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite · Interbedded Volcanic Rocks
StructureLost Steers (Cinnabar Canyon) Thrust Fault ; Reg.Trends: Northerly, Lost Steers Thrust Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationReplacement
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1916-1917, 1919, 1921-1922, 1934, 1941-1942
Discovery year1913
Identification
Deposit ID10040296
MRDS IDM055007
Alternate namesLost Steers Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.36854, -117.9465
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. 58HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252.5) PHOENIX AND CATHCART, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973 - DUSBM UNPUB DATA