Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueBarite, Chalcedony, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
StructureNne Trending Shear Zone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1943
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10040551
MRDS IDM055370
Alternate namesLiquid Metals, Silverado
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates41.28962, -116.2951
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.BAILEY AND PHOENIX, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252NOLAN, 1936, THE TUSCARORA MINING DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 25USBM UNPUB DATA