Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlShear Zone
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Conglomerate
StructureNe-Trending Fault
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1942
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10042641
MRDS IDM060502
Alternate namesMercury King
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.83406, -118.34126
References
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICK SILVER DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 41HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; USBM 1C 6902JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89