Nevada · Elko County
Occurrence

Tea Pot Prospect

Elko County, Nevada, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
StructureNortherly - Trending Faults And Quartz Veins
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Production yearsTO 1954
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10040552
MRDS IDM055371
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates41.33657, -116.45372
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252USBM UNPUB DATA