Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlSilicification Of Ash Flows And Breccia
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Opal, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone
Associated rockRhyolite
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicification (Opalite)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1913-1914; 1916-1917; 1934; 1937-1942; 1944-1947
First production1913
Discovery year1913
Identification
Deposit ID10042634
MRDS IDM060491
Alternate namesRedman Group, Gbh Group, NBMG Sample Site 2361
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates40.47684, -117.67568
References
GARSIDE (1984)JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 57.BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41.DREYER, R.M., 1940, GOLDBANKS MINING DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 33.BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.STAFF, 1969, AN EXPANSION PROGRAM UNDERTAKEN BY STAR CITY MINES LTD.: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 120, NO. 6, PP 277-79.GARSIDE, L.J., AND SCHILLING, J.H., 1979, THERMAL WATERS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 91.GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, GOLDBANKS QUICKSILVER MINE-FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, PERSHING COUNTY, GOLDBANKS DISTRICT: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILE.STAFF, 1965, MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 260-261.JOHNSON (1977); GARSIDE (1984)ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1969.