Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formVUGGY PARTS OF THE VEIN
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueQuartz
Other materialsBarite
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockGranite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1939
Identification
Deposit ID10040505
MRDS IDM055312
Alternate namesMariposa Wildcat
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.65132, -116.97564
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. 138-139.HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE US: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 256.BAILEY AND PHOENIX