Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlOvalite Bed; Clay Seams
Geology
Host rockTuff,Basalt
Associated rockTuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Basalt
StructureFaults
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1941 OR 1942
First production1941
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID10040569
MRDS IDM055391
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.33821, -118.33127
References
BENSON, W.T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHERM CO., ORE: U.S.B.M. REPT. OF INV. 5285BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; UNIV NEV BULL. 38, NO.5; GEOL & MIN. SER NO 41HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252ROBERTS, 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BOTTLE CREEK DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 922 - ABAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944.