Description
Jong Shore Wong
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueBarite, Calcite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Luning Formation
StructureFaults
AlterationReplacement
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1919
Identification
Deposit ID10040513
MRDS IDM055322
Alternate namesJong Wong, Chinaman's Property, Chong Wong
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.39243, -117.92288
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. 58HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252.5) PHOENIX AND CATHCART, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973 - D