Commodities
PrimarySulfur
SecondaryMercury
TertiaryGold
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFaults Appear To Have Channeled Hydrothermal Solutions.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Sulfur
GangueAlunite, Clay, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone
AlterationMost Of The Rocks Are Strongly Altered: Argillization, Opalization, Alunitization, Silicification.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10040609
MRDS IDM055445
Alternate namesDevil's Corral Pit, NBMG Sample Sites 2704,2705, 2706
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.86044, -118.66432
References
GALLAGHER, M. J., 1967, NEVADA MINES, MILLS AND SMELTERS IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1967: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, PAMPHLET, 16 P.PAPKE, K. G., 11 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.QUADE, JACK, 2 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSISNBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.