Description
Carl Peik, Ed Messenger
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPODS, DISSEMINATED
Ore controlFault
Geology
Host rockChert · Excelsior Formation
StructureCinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10045337
MRDS IDM233043
Alternate namesSummit Springs, Crystal Quick, Red Wing Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.35882, -117.93344
References
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, I.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., 19448 QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 38, NO5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO.41.PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, I.B., 1952, P.146