Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlNw Trending Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Clay
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Dunlap Formation
StructureBedding Planes, Faults
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1945
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10040515
MRDS IDM055325
Alternate namesHitt Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.36521, -117.99427
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