Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondaryGold, Silver, Copper, Lead
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPIPE
Ore controlReplacement Along Fractures In Limestone Under Shale In Synclinal Axis
Materials
Ore mineralsBindheimite, Cinnabar, Mercury, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
GangueAragonite, Calcite, Cerussite, Hemimorphite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata
Associated rockBasalt · Diabase Dikes
StructureRelief Fault (Thrust) N40w ; Reg.Trends: N 40 W, Replacement In Ls Occurs Along Fractures Under Shale In Synclinal Axis
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1914-1915, 1929-1931, 1937-1939, 1941-1949
First production1914
Discovery year1907
Identification
Deposit ID10040308
MRDS IDM055021
Alternate namesAntelope Springs, Dolbear, Rowland-Young
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.16684, -118.17153
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. 167-168LAWRENCE, F.C., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61, P. 167HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; USBM 1C 8252, P. 2501955 DIREXPL DMEUSBM UNPUB DATA