Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formNODULES, POD, VEINLETS, STRINGERS
Ore controlFractures Near Vertical Faults And Volcanic Vent
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
GangueBarite, Calcite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockShale,Andesite · Toyabe Quartz Latite;Sedimentary Rocks
Associated rockDiabase,Rhyolite,Andesite · Toyabe Quartz Latite
StructureShoshone Mountains ; Reg.Trends: Northerly, Nw Trending Faults
Tectonic settingBasin And Range.
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1911-1919, 1923-1925, 1927-1928, 1935-1943
Discovery year1907
Identification
Deposit ID10040321
MRDS IDM055037
Alternate namesPrescott, Ione, Lahontan Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.9227, -117.55344
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 149-151.VITALIANO, 1963, CENOZOIC GEOLOGY AND SECTIONS OF THE IONE QUADRANGLE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP MF - 255.GALLAGHER, 1967, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1967: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 254.USBM UNPUB DATA