Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Nopah Formation
StructureNe - Trending Low - Angle Fault , Sandstone-Limestone Contact
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1943
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10040492
MRDS IDM055298
Alternate namesMellan, Mellan and Reid
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.77356, -115.96755
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 154-155.KRAL, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 50CORNWALL, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 775) HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965 MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE US: US BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 279-280.USBM UNPUB DATA