Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
GangueMarcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockTuff
StructureShear Zone
AlterationArgillization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1942
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10040550
MRDS IDM055369
Alternate namesSilverado
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.3349, -116.20982
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252USBM UNPUB DATA