Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model175: Barite-fluorite veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENS, LINEAR
Ore controlFractures, Fault Breccia, Bedding Shears
Geology
Host rockChert · Excelsior Formation
StructureLost Steers Thrust And Cinnabar Canyon Thrust, Northward-Dipping, Bus-Angle Thrust Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1918
Identification
Deposit ID10045329
MRDS IDM233033
Alternate namesRed Wing, Betty and Messenger
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.35604, -117.94038
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: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., 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: USGS BULL. 973-D, P. 143-71