Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlSteep Normal Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Dunlap Formation
StructureCinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults, Steep Normal Faults
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10045343
MRDS IDM233049
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.36993, -117.97788
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 PILOTBAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICCKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 38, NO.5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO.41.ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.4