Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlDisseminated And Fracture Filling In Opalite
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueAlunite, Chalcedony, Opal
Geology
Host rockTuff
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite
StructureMinor Drag Folds Along Steep Normal Faults
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1917, 1929-1934, 1936-1937, 1939-1944
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10040302
MRDS IDM055014
Alternate namesButte 1 Mine, Pit 3 Workings, Rand, Butte 2 Mine, Bowers, Mayflower, Velvet, Ivanhoe
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.12184, -116.5715
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. 54USBM UNPUB DATA