Description
Wm. Simmons, Harry Olive And Joe Eyraud
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueOpal, Sulfur
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite,Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
AlterationKaolinization, Silicification; Leaching
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1939
Identification
Deposit ID10040467
MRDS IDM055266
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Sites 2547, 2548, 2549, Mercury 1-4 Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.04462, -118.00152
References
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 41HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; IN USBM 1C 8252.WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, USGS GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821. #5. BONHAM, H.F., JR., 12 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS. #6. BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J., AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.