Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formBUNCHES, DISSEMINATED
Ore controlBelow Shale Which "Capped" Ore At Juniper Mine.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata
StructureRelief Fault (Thrust); Nw Normal Faults; Over Turned Anticlinorium.
AlterationReplacement
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1943-1944, 1955-1959
Discovery year1931
Identification
Deposit ID10040478
MRDS IDM055281
Alternate namesMuller Mine, Hard Luck Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.16073, -118.17569
References
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252, P. 247WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.USBM UNPUB DATA