Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Geology
Host rockDolomite
StructureIn Lower Plate Of Low Angle Fault
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsPRIOR TO 1940
Identification
Deposit ID10040500
MRDS IDM055306
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.90414, -116.65506
References
BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY, E. H., AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944, QUICKSILVERDEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 144.CORNWALL, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 77HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252.5) CORNWALL AND KLEINHAMPL, 1961, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BARE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 157.6) CORNWALL AND KLEINHAMPL, 1964, GEOLOGY OF BULLFROG QUADRANGLE AND ORE DEPOSITS RELATED TO BULLFROG HILLS CALDERA, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA, AND INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS P. P. 454 - J.