Description
C. P. Hoskins, C. T. Smith, And T. C. Niebuhr
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR BODIES
Ore controlFaults In Diabase Dike; Wall - Rock Adjacent To Dike
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Chalcedony, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockDiabase · Tuffs, Conglomerate, And Clay
Associated rockDiabase,Rhyolite · Diabase Dikes
StructureJackson Mountains N10e ; Reg.Trends: Nne, N-S Trending Normal Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationArgillic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1938-1942
First production1938
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID10040307
MRDS IDM055025
Alternate namesBottle Creek Mercury Mine, Tin Can
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.35849, -118.32016
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41ROBERTS, ET AL, 1941, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BOTTLE CREEK DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 922 - AWILLDEN, 1963, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE JACKSON MOUNTAINS, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 1141 - DUSBM UNPUB DATA