Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondaryGold, Silver, Copper, Lead
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formBUNCHES, PODS
Ore controlNormal Contact With Overlying Shale, Some What Faulted
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Stibnite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone · Dun Glen Formation-Limestone
Associated rockBasalt · Diabase Dikes
StructureRelief Fault (Thrust), N40w Trend ; Reg.Trends: N 40 W
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1927-1930, 1932-1933, 1942
First production1927
Discovery year1923
Identification
Deposit ID10040306
MRDS IDM055020
Alternate namesNevada Quicksilver, Benedict Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.1699, -118.18597
References
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 161-163LAWRENCE, F.C., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 167LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61.5) SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH - SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955 - 1961: VOL. 1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105.6) WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.USBM UNPUB DATA