Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondarySulfur, Silica
TertiaryAntimony, Silver, Gold
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlHot Springs System
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Opal, Quartz, Sulfur
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Alluvium
Associated rockDiorite,Andesite
StructureWalker Lane Fault System, Steamboat Hills Fault System (N-S)
AlterationBleaching, Propylitic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10043779
MRDS IDM231060
Alternate namesSilica Pit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.38323, -119.75933
References
BAILEY, EH, PHOENIX, DA, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 41, 1944BONHAM, HF, GEOL & MIN RES, WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV NBM&G BULL 70, 1969THOMPSON, GA, WHITE, DE REGIONAL GEOL, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA, WASHOE CO, NEV USGS PROF PAPER 458-A, 1964PAPKE, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 70