Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPIPES, VEINS
Ore controlJoint Sets (Esp. Intersections) And Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsCalomel, Cinnabar, Mercury
GangueAnkerite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Alta Andesite
StructureJoint Sets And Faults
AlterationArgillization, Alunitization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10043896
MRDS IDM231195
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.40879, -119.65017
References
BONHAM, H. F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG FULL. 70STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J. A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL. 49HOLMES, G. H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, CH. 8 IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFL CIRC. 8252, P. 215-300.BAILEY, E. H., AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41.