Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model175: Barite-fluorite veins
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFault Zones And Bedding Plane Shears
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockChert · Excelsior Formation
Associated rockAndesite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1941
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10040518
MRDS IDM055329
Alternate namesSullivan and Cornelius, Sullivan Prospect, Sullivan's Property
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.35243, -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. 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 - DUSBM UNPUB DATA