Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlSmall Steep Normal Faults Cutting Relatively Flat Bedding Shears
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud,Chert · Excelsior Formation
StructureCinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults, Small Steep Normal Faults
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1941
Last production1942
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10045344
MRDS IDM233051
Alternate namesBlack Lizard Prospect, Sullivan and Cornelius
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.35271, -117.94872
References
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 58.PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, I.B., 19528 QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D., P. 143-1719PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, IB, 19528 P146