Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Gypsum, Jarosite, Mercury, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Kate Peak Formation
Associated rockAndesite
StructureFaults
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Production yearsTO 1940
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10040458
MRDS IDM055251
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.45961, -119.84712
References
BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41THOMPSON AND WHITE, 1964, GEOLOGY OF STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA, WASHOE CO., NEVADA: USGS P. P. 458AHOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252BAILEY, E. H., US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES