Description
Charles J. Pearce, C.A. And J.C. Humphrey, And E.E. Seyler.
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formVEINLETS, COATINGS, DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS
Ore controlThe Deposits Lie Within And Adjacent To A Broad, Major, West-Northwest Trending Fault Zone.
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Chert · Esmeralda Formation
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureGolconda Thrust Fault, Deformation Of Host Rocks
AlterationLeaching
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1942-1961
Discovery year1937
Identification
Deposit ID10040493
MRDS IDM055299
Alternate namesMagee Mercury, Inc., Lida Grp, Lucile Grp, Gabbs Dugan Property 1960
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.61243, -117.29036
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. 155-156.FERGUSON AND CATHCART, 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE ROUND MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ 40HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U. S.: U. S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 278-279.CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL, SEPT. 1960, P.24.USBM UNPUB DATA