Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Malachite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Conglomerate · Dunlap Formation
StructureBedding Shears, Faults
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1959
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10040516
MRDS IDM055327
Alternate namesWorlock, B and B
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.36993, -117.99094
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