Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueLimonite
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Tuff · Koipato Group
StructureShear Zone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1942
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10040472
MRDS IDM055273
Alternate namesNorth Fork, Red Boy, Red Ore, Vermillion Fraction, Davis Quick, Payne Quick, Terry Quick, Harris Quick Claims.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.3424, -117.55595
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 (IN PRESS)HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3GARSIDE, L. J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICTUSBM UNPUB DATA