Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPODS
Ore controlFaults; Fault Intersections
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueBarite, Calcite, Clay, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Conglomerate · Dunlap Formation
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
StructureShear Zone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1939
Discovery year1919
Identification
Deposit ID10040519
MRDS IDM055330
Alternate namesSpringsSpring
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.36215, -117.99122
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