Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockShale · Dunlap Formation
StructureCinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults, Cinnabar Canyon Thrust Fault, Smaller Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10045338
MRDS IDM233044
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.37799, -117.94872
References
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHER PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P 143-71.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.