Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFault Zones ; Brecciation
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockBasalt
StructureReg.Struct: Mcdermitt Caldera Collapse Structure, Ruja Fault
AlterationArgillic, Silicic,
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1970
Identification
Deposit ID10040617
MRDS IDM055463
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.86488, -117.93349
References
RYTUBA, J.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MCDERMITT CALDERA, NEV-ORE; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT 76-535.TINGLEY, J.V., 1970, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE RUJA MINE: ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, .SPRINGER, H. E., 1971, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1971: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 21 P.