Description
H. Farnham And Al Drew
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryLead, Silver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlReplacement Bodies
Materials
GangueBindheimite, Calamine, Calcite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Stibiconite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Dunlap Formation
StructureCinnabar Canyon And Los Steers Thrust Faults
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10045332
MRDS IDM233037
Alternate namesBugg and Drew, Farnham and Drew, Red Devils
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.38104, -117.92733
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. 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 160-62.VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUS. MINES INF. CTR. 6941.PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P. 146.