Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlBelow Cinnabar Canyon Thrust; Above Lost Steers Thrust
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar
GangueCalcite, Wad
Geology
Host rockShale · Dunlap Formation
StructureCinnabar Canyon Thrust
AlterationReplacement
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10040514
MRDS IDM055323
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.37799, -117.94872
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 - D