Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueOpal
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Trail Canyon Formation
Associated rockAndesite
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1920
Identification
Deposit ID10040546
MRDS IDM055364
Alternate namesMc Nutt, Mc Nett
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.83688, -118.20677
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESHOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252ROBINSON AND CROWDER, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA AND MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS MAP GQ - 1078ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78