Nevada · Nye County
Past Producer
Nevada Cinnabar Mine
Nye County, Nevada, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeMetallic
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeSmall
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlIn Tuff Beneath Fault Gouge
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Clay
Geology
Host rockTuff · Toyabe Quartz Latite, Dacite;Oddie Rhyolite
Associated rockDiabase,Rhyolite,Andesite · Toyabe Quartz Latite;Oddie Rhyolite
StructureShoshone Mountains ; Reg.Trends: Northerly, Nw Trending Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationArgillic, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1909-1910, 1914-1918, 1920, 1927-1930, 1935-1938, 1940, 1943-1945
Discovery year1907
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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. 151-152.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. 254-255.USBM UNPUB DATA
Identification
Deposit ID10040323
MRDS IDM055038
Alternate namesShoshone Quicksilver
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.91381, -117.55455
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.