Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formVEINLETS
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Rochester Rhyolite (Wallace, Et Al)
StructureNw Trending Fault (Concealed)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1957
Discovery year1954
Identification
Deposit ID10040466
MRDS IDM055270
Alternate namesHappy Day Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.29962, -118.09903
References
HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S., USBM IC8252HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE UNIONVILLE QUADRANGLE, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 820.USBM UNPUB DATA