Description
T. Pepper And C. Keough
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPODS, LINEAR, LENS
Ore controlSw-Trending Normal Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueBarite, Pyrite, Quartz, Stibiconite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Dunlap Formation
StructureCinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults, The Northward-Dipping Lost Steers Thrust Fault, Nearly Vertical Normal Faults That Trend Sw, And Post-Mineralization Transverse Normal Faults(The Keough Fault)
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1941
Discovery year1913
Identification
Deposit ID10045341
MRDS IDM233047
Alternate namesCinnabar King, Booth Wardell, Seitz, Mina Mercury, Mina Merc.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.37354, -117.94872
References
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, F.B., 1953, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. USGS BULL. 973-D,P.143-171.BAILEY, D.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 38, NO5, GEOLOGY AND MNING SER. NO.41.VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937, REONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6941, 79P.PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, I.B., 1952, P.146