Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlBrecciated Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueBarite, Quartz
Geology
Associated rockGranite
StructureThrust Fault And A Ne Trending Normal Fault
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1927, 1941
Discovery year1927
Identification
Deposit ID10040548
MRDS IDM055366
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.86021, -118.25316
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 ORE DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78ROBINSON AND CROWDER, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA AND MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS MAP GQ - 1078.5) HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252USBM UNPUB DATA