Description
N. Adamson (?)
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFractured Dolomite And Sandstone; Ne Limb Of Anticline
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibnite
GangueAnkerite, Barite, Calcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata, Silty Argillite And Clean Sandstone; Includes Dolomite Bx-Cgl
Associated rockBasalt · Diabase Dikes
StructureRelief Fault (Thrust)-N40w ; Reg.Trends: N 40 W, Anticline Trending N60w;
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Production years1929-1931, 1934-1935, 1940-1943
Discovery year1924
Identification
Deposit ID10040310
MRDS IDM055023
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.12212, -118.15486
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. 163LAWRENCE, F.C., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 167HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; USBM 1C 8252, P. 249USBM UNPUB DATA