Description
R. Curley Wright ("Death Valley Curley")
Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formPODS, LENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Opal
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
StructureNe Trending Faults
AlterationPartially Silicified Rhyolite, Alunization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1928
Identification
Deposit ID10040499
MRDS IDM055305
Alternate namesLottie, Lettie, Colvin
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.9519, -116.65339
References
BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESHOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE US: US BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 297.CORNWALL AND KLEINHAMPL, 1961, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BARE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 157.