Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR, IRREGULAR
Ore controlFault Gouge, Breccia, Vertical Joints
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureShear Zone
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1941
Discovery year1927
Identification
Deposit ID10040545
MRDS IDM055363
Alternate namesEsmeralda
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.94299, -118.30844
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78CROWDER, ET AL, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE, MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AND ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 1013.USBM UNPUB DATA