Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlFault That Trends Ne And Dips 55 Se
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Dunlap Formation
StructureCinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10045340
MRDS IDM233046
Alternate namesLucky's Boy, Easter
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.3841, -117.98344
References
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.PHOENIX, 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., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL, V.38,NO.5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO.41.PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P. 146; ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.4.