Description
J. B. Kiernan And A. A. Turner
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formELONGATE POD
Ore controlShear Zone Between Two Dikes
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Gold
GangueChalcedony, Opal
Geology
Host rockDolomite
Associated rockDiabase
StructureNorth - Trending Dikes
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1908
Identification
Deposit ID10040502
MRDS IDM055308
Alternate namesDenver Cooperative Mining Corp., Telluride Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.89247, -116.65756
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. 142-143.HOLMES, G. H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: US BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 281.CORNWALL AND KLEINHAMPL, 1961, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BARE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 157.5) 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.USBM UNPUB DATA