Description
Fred Branch And Clyde Taylor
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Gypsum, Jarosite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
AlterationArgillization, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1940-1941
Discovery year1931
Identification
Deposit ID10040462
MRDS IDM055256
Alternate namesWhite Horse District
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.55657, -119.49294
References
BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG. BULL. 41LAWRENCE AND WILSON, 1962, MERCURY OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG MAP 7. ONE MILLION SCALE SET.