Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryAntimony, Selenium, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model180: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Cinnabar, Stibnite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Phyllite,Shale,Limestone
Associated rockRhyolite,Granite
StructureMineralization Occurs Adjacent To A Minor Thrust Fault.
AlterationSilicification Of Shale Adjacent To Quartz-Stibnite Vein; Oxidation Of Antimony; Argillization Of Gouge Along Thrust.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1943
Discovery year1908
Identification
Deposit ID10040507
MRDS IDM055314
Alternate namesDuane Group, Kernick Divide Mining Co, Kernick - Duane, Flower - Kernick, Fiorite Group, Logan Bar, William Duane Mine, Bar Group, Spanish Belt Group,, NBMG Sample Site #2034, Flower Mine.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.66326, -116.91563
References
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