Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryTungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formBLANKET, LENTICULAR BODIES, SMALL PODSVEINS, DISSEMINATIONS
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Fluorite, Scheelite
GangueFeldspar, Garnet
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockDiorite
StructureFolding; N-Trending Shear Zones
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1944
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10040504
MRDS IDM055310
Alternate namesNorth Star, Paradise Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.8127, -117.81761
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. 140-141.VITALIANO AND CALLAGHAN, 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE PARADISE PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 250.HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 278USBM UNPUB DATA