Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formISOLATED BUNCHES
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueOpal, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Sugarloaf Canyon Formation
Associated rockRhyolite
AlterationSilicification (Opalite)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1941
Discovery year1934
Identification
Deposit ID10040547
MRDS IDM055365
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.89993, -118.24344
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.BAILEY 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 - 1013.5) HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252USBM UNPUB DATA