Nevada · Elko County
Occurrence

Hatter

Elko County, Nevada, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlJoints And Open Spaces In Massive Rhyolite
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
AlterationSilica Replacement-Formation Of Opalite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1944
Identification
Deposit ID10045525
MRDS IDM233292
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates41.1199, -116.52983
References
SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORTBAILEY & PHOENIX (1949) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 41