Commodities
PrimaryMercury, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlAlong A Vertical North-Trending Fault.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Andesite
StructureFault
AlterationSilicification Of Rhyolite, Argillization Of Andesite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1940
Discovery year1939
Identification
Deposit ID10040520
MRDS IDM055331
Alternate namesLow Prospect, Lou, Murphy Lease, Red Cap, Finger Rock?
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.59686, -117.8415
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, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252USBM UNPUB DATA