Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlShear Zone
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockQuartz Latite
StructureN - Nw Trending Normal Faults
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1930
Discovery year1930
Identification
Deposit ID10040485
MRDS IDM055289
Alternate namesGolden Fleece
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.9302, -117.55066
References
BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 154.VITALIANO, 1963, CENOZOIC GEOLOGY AND SECTIONS OF THE IONE QUADRANGLE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP MF - 255.HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 255USBM UNPUB DATA