Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formVEINLET
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Dun Glen Formation
StructureUpper Plate Of Thrust Fault; Over Turned Anticlinorium
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production yearsTO 1955
Identification
Deposit ID10040477
MRDS IDM055279
Alternate namesGood Spot Prospect, Big V, Vulture Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.18129, -118.21069
References
HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM 1C 8252JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.5) BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41USBM UNPUB DATA