Description
H. Farnham And Al Drew
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryZinc, Gold, Silver, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Model175: Barite-fluorite veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENSES AND STRINGERS
Ore controlReplacement Occurs In Limestone Near A Normal Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsBindheimite, Calamine, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibiconite
GangueCalcite, Olivenite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Dunlap Formation-Shale And Limestone
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite · Interbedded Volcanic Rocks
StructureCinnabar Canyon Thrust Fault, Lost Steers Thrust Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1916-1917, 1919, 1921, 1930, 1932-1933, 1941-1942
First production1916
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10040297
MRDS IDM055008
Alternate namesRed Devils, Bugg and Drew, Farnham and Drew
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.38076, -117.92955
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.BAILEY 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