Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Clay
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Dunlap Formation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1943
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10040512
MRDS IDM055321
Alternate namesMaster, Mammoth, Easter, Lucky's Boy
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.37521, -117.98372
References
BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58PHOENIX AND CATHCART, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973 - DUSBM UNPUB DATA