Description
Bert Hilt, Mina, Nevada
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Dunlap Formation
StructureCinnbar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1940
Last production1948
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10045336
MRDS IDM233042
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.36576, -117.99427
References
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P. 143-171.BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA UNIV. BULL, V. 38, 00.5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 41.PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P.146