Nevada · Humboldt County
Past Producer

Cordero Mine

Humboldt County, Nevada, United States
Mercury
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Description

Tomas Alcorta

Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlRing Fracture Faults; Smaller Collapse Structure Nested Within The Larger Mcdermitt Caldera
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Hematite, Mercury, Pyrite, Stibnite
GangueAlunite, Chalcedony, Jarosite, Opal, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Welded Tuffs Alkali Rhyolite Of Long Ridge;Welded Tuffs Alkali Rhyolite Of Long Ridge;
Associated rockAndesite
StructureReg.Struct: Mcdermitt Caldera Collapse Structure: Arcuate Faults And Ring Fractures ; Reg.Trends: Northeast, Ne-Trending Faults; "M" Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicic, Argillic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1935
Discovery year1924
Identification
Deposit ID10040311
MRDS IDM055026
Alternate namesMcdermitt Group
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates41.911, -117.81459
References
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO. NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICK SILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; UNIV. NEV. BULL. 38, NO. 5; GEOL AND MIN. SER NO. 41, p. 98, pl. 1.RYTUBA, J.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THMCDERMITT CALDERA, NEVADA-OREGON; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT. 76-535MCKEE, E.H., 1976, ORIGIN OF THE MCDERMITT CALDERA IN NEVADA AND OREGON AND RELATED MERCURY DEPOSITS: PREPRINT OF A PAPER PRESENTED AT THE 1976 AIME ANNUAL MEETING, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, 1976.FOORD, E.E. BRENDSEN, P., STOREY, L., 1974, CORDEROITE, FIRST NATURAL OCCURRENCE OF DHG3S2CU2 FROM THE CORDERO MERCURY DEPOSIT, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; AM.MIN., VOL 59, P. 652-655.YATES, R.G., 1942, QUICK SILVER DEPOSITS OF THE OPALITE DISTRICT, MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON, AND HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 931-N, p. 346, 348.ROPER, M.W., 1976, HOT SPRINGS MERCURY DEPOSITION AT MCDERMITT MINE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; PREPRINT OF PAPER GIVEN AT AIME ANNUAL MEETING LAS VEGAS, NEV. 1976.J.E. GILBERT AND V.P. HAAS, 1959, CORDERO-NEVADA'S LARGEST MG. MINE; E. MIN. JOUR., VOL. 160, NO. 3.U.S. GEO SUR BULL 931-N, P.346USBM IC 8252,1965,P.224USBM IC 6995,1938,P.31USGS BULL 931-N,P.346