Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Natchez Pass Formation
StructureNe Structural Trend
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1943
Discovery year1924
Identification
Deposit ID10040469
MRDS IDM055271
Alternate namesAlpine Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.22657, -118.09458
References
BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41JOHNSON, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 82525) SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH - SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955 - 1961: VOL. 1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105.6) WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.USBM UNPUB DATA