Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlPre-Ore Faulting & Fracturing Of Diabase Host Rock
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
GangueCalcite, Chalcedony
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockDiabase · Tuff And Conglomerate
Associated rockDiabase · Diabase Dikes;Basalt
StructureMajor North-Trending, Steep-Dipping Faults In Area. ; Reg.Trends: Nne, Shearing Parallel To Dike Wall; Faults Offset Dike
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationIntense: Feldspars To Clay; Leached Ferromag'S
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1938-1943
First production1938
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID10040314
MRDS IDM055029
Alternate namesWootan & MccownWootan
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.34544, -118.32849
References
ROBERTS, R.J., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BOTTLE CREEK DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 922-AA F2 BAILEY, E.H., & PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 41.BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41WILLDEN, R, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO. NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59.BENSON, W.T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR CO., OREG: U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 5285BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944