Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlN-Trending Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Gold
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite,Andesite · Pre-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite · Pre-Esmeralda Volcanic Rocks
AlterationArgillization, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1939
Identification
Deposit ID10045438
MRDS IDM233172
Alternate namesMurphy Lease, Costa, Red Cap ?
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.59631, -117.84205
References
ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL.58BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 41YORK, BERNARD; 1937, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE JOE COSTA QUICKSILVER PROPERTY