Description
Mrs. Katherine Oswald Of Tonopah
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryLead, Copper, Silver, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFault Zone (In Contact With Quartzite)
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Other materialsChalcocite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Nopah (Windfall) Formation
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureFault
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1938
Identification
Deposit ID10040490
MRDS IDM055296
Alternate namesOswald Property
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.80023, -115.97644
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41KRAL, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA NBMG BULL. 50CORNWALL, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 77