Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFaults, Fractures, Brecciation, Shears
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Chalcedony
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Rhyolite Dike;Rhyolite Flow Rock
StructureMajor Faults Strike N And Dip Steeply East; Flow-Banding ; Reg.Trends: Nne, Ore Lies Between Two Faults: One Nw-Trending Vertical Fault And The Other A Ne-Trending Fault Dipping Steeply Se.
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicification Of Rhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1941-1942
First production1941
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID10040315
MRDS IDM055030
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Site 2439, Blue Bucket, Blue Bottle Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.35766, -118.30766
References
ROBERTS, R.J., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BOTTLE CREEK DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 922-A.BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 41.WILLDEN, 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, ORE; USBM REPT INV 5285JONES, R. B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 9-15-84BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944.