Nevada · Elko County
Occurrence
Shoshone and Barringer
Elko County, Nevada, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
Tertiary
Mercury
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Orebody form
BLANKET
Geology
Host rock
Rhyolite
Alteration
Silicification (Opalite)
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Discovery year
1942
Identification
Deposit ID
10040449
MRDS ID
M055238
Alternate names
Barringer, Shoshone Property
Region
NA
Data score
D
Coordinates
41.1124, -116.53011
References
HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252