Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
AlterationSilicification (Opalite)?
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10040445
MRDS IDM055231
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.38294, -118.35488
References
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, UNIV. OF NEV. BULL. VOL. 38, NO. 5, GEOL & MIN. SER. NO 41: QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA.BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESHOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252