Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondaryLead
TertiaryMercury, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlCinnabar Occurs As Red Coating On Galena
Materials
Ore mineralsCalamine, Cinnabar
GangueAlunite, Chert, Clay, Galena, Limonite, Plumbojarosite, Pyromorphite
Geology
Host rockShale,Dolomite · Goodsprings Formation
Associated rockGranite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10040451
MRDS IDM055241
Alternate namesMay
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.82361, -115.52612
References
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 41HEWETT, 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS, GOODSPRINGS QUAD, USGS PROF PAPER 162LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO