Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formDISSEMINATED
Ore controlFault Zone; Bed Of Buff Sandstone
Geology
Host rockDolomite · Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata
StructureNw Structural Trend, Shear Zone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1940
Identification
Deposit ID10040481
MRDS IDM055285
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.12018, -118.15403
References
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41.HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM 1C 8252, P. 246WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252USBM UNPUB DATA