Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR, IRREGULAR
Ore controlNormal Fault
Geology
Host rockShale · Dunlap Formation
StructureDunlap Canyon Thrust Fault
AlterationReplacement
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1943
Identification
Deposit ID10040517
MRDS IDM055328
Alternate namesCoveney Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.37854, -117.93872
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