Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR, DISSEMINATED HG
Ore controlFault Zone
Geology
Host rockAlluvium,Volcanic Ash,Rhyolite
StructureSmall North-Trending Faults, Shear Zone
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10040448
MRDS IDM055237
Alternate namesRedboy
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.13157, -116.53927
References
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESGRANGER, ET AL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 54HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252