Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryMica, Clay
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Kaolinite
GanguePyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Other materialsSericite
Geology
Host rockFelsic Volcanic Rock,Trachyte
Associated rockRhyolite
AlterationKaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1910-1917, 1927, 1941-1943, 1951, 1956
Discovery year1908
Identification
Deposit ID10040468
MRDS IDM055267
Alternate namesWalker Mine, Dixie Mine, Claybanks Mine, Duplex Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.30157, -118.1393
References
BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE UNIONVILLE QUADRANGLE, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 820.5) JOHNSON, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)RANSOME, 1909, MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO., NEVADA; USGS BULL 414.SCHRADER, 1914, THE ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS BULL 580-MOPF, 1924, ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS BULL 762VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATIONOF ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING CO., NEV.; PHD THESIS, STANFORD UNIV.BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.USBM UNPUB DATA