Description
Thomas Pepper & Charles Keough
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model175: Barite-fluorite veins
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFaults, Shear Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsCalomel, Cinnabar
GangueBarite, Calcite, Quartz, Stibiconite, Stibnite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Dunlap Formation
StructureCinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults, Several Small Faults, Seen Only Underground, And A Well-Developed Vertical Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1941
Discovery year1913
Identification
Deposit ID10045339
MRDS IDM233045
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.36854, -117.9465
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 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, NO.5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO.41.PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART-T.B., 1952, P. 146