Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlSteep Fractures Striking N30e And Bedding Planes
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate) · Koipato Group
StructureFault, Fracture Sets (Ne)
AlterationLocal Silicification, Bleaching, Argillization Along Joints.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1940-1942
First production1940
Discovery year1938
Identification
Deposit ID10040470
MRDS IDM055272
Alternate namesRat Hole Prospect, Bluebird Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.3399, -117.87179
References
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA.; NBMG BULL. 41JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; IN USBM 1C 8252GARSIDE, L. J., 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R.3., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG PROPERTIES OF NEVADA.