Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlOpalite (Disseminated)
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar
GangueAlunite, Chalcedony, Opal
Geology
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite
StructureN Trending Syncline 1500 Ft Wide, Minor Drag Folds Along Steep Normal Faults
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicification; Hydrothermal Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1940, 1942-1944
First production1940
Discovery year1931
Identification
Deposit ID10040301
MRDS IDM055013
Alternate namesClipper, Maddeford-Smith
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.05323, -116.62705
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41GRANGER, ET AL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 54HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252USBM UNPUB DATA