Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFaults, Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
GangueChalcedony, Gypsum, Jarosite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
StructureWalker Lane Fault System, North-Trending Faults
AlterationBleaching, Propylitization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10043780
MRDS IDM231061
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.45961, -119.8474
References
THOMPSON, GA, WHITE, DE, REGIONAL GEOL, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS AREA, WASHOE CO, USGS PROF PAPER 458-A, 1964BONHAM, HF, GEOL MIN RES, WASHOE & STOREY CO, NEV, NBM&G BULL 70, 1969BAILEY, EH, US GEOL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL 41.5) HOLMES, GW, JR, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252