Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR, PIPE , PODS
Ore controlN Trending 60 E Dipping Fault, Joint Sets Striking N55w, N65e
Materials
Ore mineralsCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
GangueBarite, Calcite, Gypsum, Marcasite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Alta Formation-Andesite
StructureNe - Trending Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationArgillic And Alunitic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1929-1935, 1939-1941
First production1929
Discovery year1927
Identification
Deposit ID10040317
MRDS IDM055034
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.40879, -119.65017
References
BAILEY, E. H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41STODDARD AND CARPENTER, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49BONHAM, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70.5) HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252USBM UNPUB DATA