Description
George Chrysler
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFractures Beneath Fault Gouge At Fault Intersections.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueBarite, Clay, Limonite, Quartz
Other materialsStibiconite, Stibnite
Geology
Host rockPhyllite,Limestone · Palmetto Formation;Marble
Associated rockGranite · Adamellite And Granite Of Pellisier Flats
StructureReg.Trends: Nw, Thrust Fault And Normal Fault (N60e,75s)
Tectonic settingBasin And Range/Cordillieran Boundary
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1928-1935, 1937-1949
Discovery year1927
Identification
Deposit ID10040299
MRDS IDM055010
Alternate namesChrysler
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.85576, -118.24288
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61ROBINSON AND CROWDER, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA AND MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS MAP GQ - 1078.5) ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 781951 DIREXPL DMEA1954 DIREXPL DMEA, FOUND NO SIGNIFICANT OREUSBM UNPUB DATA