Description
H. Betty And E. Messenger
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR, LENSES
Ore controlFractures In Chert. Also Fault Breccia.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockConglomerate,Chert · Dunlap Formation
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite · Hornblende Andesite
StructureNorth - Trending Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1921, 1926-1929, 1934-1935, 1937-1941
First production1926
Discovery year1918
Identification
Deposit ID10040298
MRDS IDM055009
Alternate namesRed Wing, Betty and Messenger
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.35576, -117.94038
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 - D.5) FOSHAG, 1927, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 795 - E.BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.