Description
L. E. Carlton And Others
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone · Panther Canyon;Natchez Pass
AlterationSilicification Along Fault Zone; Kaolinized Shale
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1958
Identification
Deposit ID10040584
MRDS IDM055409
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Site 2673
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.27212, -117.58845
References
JOHNSON, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)TINGLEY, J. V., 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION 6/19/85NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA MERCURY DEPOSITSBURKE, D. B., 1972, USGS OFR 77-141