Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueBarite, Gypsum, Jarosite, Kaolin, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockRhyolite
AlterationReplacement
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1938
Identification
Deposit ID10040576
MRDS IDM055400
Alternate namesRobinson Quicksilver Cinnabar Hill Group - Merged Record M231018
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.1613, -118.58208
References
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41VANDERBURG, 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM IC 7093WILLDEN AND SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 83HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252USBM UNPUB DATA