Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formDISSEMINATED
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueAnkerite, Dolomite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockBasalt
StructureShear Zone
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1930
Identification
Deposit ID10040480
MRDS IDM055284
Alternate namesBlack Knob Mine, Dewitz and Dingee
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.21462, -118.2368
References
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL: 41HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252WALLACE, ET AL., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF BUFFALO MTN. QUAD, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA; USGS MAP GQ-821HMES