Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlFaults-Adits Explore Nw-Trending Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Clay, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Dunlap Formation
StructureThrust And Normal Faults, Faults-Two Thrust Faults, The Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrusts
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1943
Discovery year1919
Identification
Deposit ID10045328
MRDS IDM233031
Alternate namesSpring
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.36215, -117.99122
References
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. UNIV., V. 38, NO. 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO 41.PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 973-D, P. 143-171.ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.4; PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P. 146