Description
Matt Music (1926)
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Other materialsCalomel, Mercury, Stibnite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Natchez Pass
Associated rockBasalt
StructureLouderbacks
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationReplacement
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1916, 1929-1931, 1940-1943
First production1916
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10040318
MRDS IDM055033
Alternate namesClack, King George Mine, Harris, Cinnabar King, Herbert Hoover Claims, Nancy and Jackie Claims 1975
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.31907, -118.09541
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH - SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955 - 1961: VOL. 1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984,UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADANBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.USBM UNPUB DATA