Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR/IRREGULAR
Ore controlBrecciated Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
StructureShear And Breccia Zone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1960
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10040475
MRDS IDM055278
Alternate namesJoe Group, Oldtimer, Coss
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.37573, -117.69568
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MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252BENSON, W. T., 1956, USBM RI 5285.BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA HG DEPOSITS, NBMG FILES.USBM UNPUB DATA