Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlAlong A Northwesterly Trending Steep Fracture Zone.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
Other materialsJarosite
Geology
Host rockTuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite
StructureFault Zone
AlterationSome Of The Volcanics Have Been Silicified, Bleached, And Iron Oxide Stained.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1936
Discovery year1934
Identification
Deposit ID10040503
MRDS IDM055309
Alternate namesCarmen, Wilson
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.78992, -117.95316
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. 156-157.HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 296.KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 113.KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY: NBMG BULL (IN PRESS)USBM UNPUB DATA