Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar
Other materialsBarite
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockGranite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1940
Identification
Deposit ID10040506
MRDS IDM055313
Alternate namesMariposa Canyon Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.65299, -117.02953
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. 136.HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 256.USBM UNPUB DATA