Description
Chris Mattevich
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFractures In Dolomite, Faults Under Shale
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar
GangueAnkerite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata-Dolomite
Associated rockBasalt · Diabase Dikes
StructureRelief Fault (Thrust) ; Reg.Trends: N 40 W, Nw Normal Fault; Overturned Anticlinorium
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1916-1917, 1928-1930, 1942-1944, 1946
First production1916
Discovery year1912
Identification
Deposit ID10040309
MRDS IDM055022
Alternate namesLovelock Quicksilver, Adamson Property
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.13684, -118.16875
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. 164LAWRENCE, F.C., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 167HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; USBM 1C 8252, P. 249-250.USBM UNPUB DATA