Description
Bob Beko And H. W. Baldwin
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formBLANKET
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockTuff,Rhyolite
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
AlterationArgillization Of Adjacent Sediments
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1939
Identification
Deposit ID10040476
MRDS IDM055277
Alternate namesIncludes Red Mill Claim, NBMG Sample Site 2362
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.50879, -117.74429
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)GARSIDE, L. J., 9 OCT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA HG DEPOSITS, NBMG FILES.HOLMES, G. H., JR., 1965, USBM IC 8252, P. 241