Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formFISSURE AND CROSS FRACTURE FILLING
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueHematite, Nontronite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
StructureWarner Mountains, Fractures
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10040630
MRDS IDM055480
Alternate namesModoc Cinnabar Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.90236, -120.30356
References
BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESHOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 172-173, 199.BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 78, P. 29-30.ROSS, C.P., 194, SOME QUICKSILVER PROSPECTS IN ADJACENT PARTS OF NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 931-B, P. 72.