Description
The Morris Brothers
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFault Zone
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Sugarloaf Canyon Formation
Associated rockGranite · Rhyolite Of Sugarloaf Canyon;Andesite
StructureBedding Attitude: N 30 W/5 N
Tectonic settingBasin And Range; Cordilleran
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1917-1919, 1929-1931, 1934-1935
First production1916
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10040320
MRDS IDM055036
Alternate namesMt. Montgomery, Red Rose, Starlight Group
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.93326, -118.30622
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41CROWDER, ET AL, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE, MONO COUNTY CALIFORNIA AND ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 1013ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78USBM UNPUB DATA