Description
Folwick And Lavender
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formBLANKET
Geology
Host rockTuff,Rhyolite · Rhyolite Of Sugarloaf Canyon
Associated rockTuff,Rhyolite · Rhyolite Of Sugarloaf Canyon
StructureNe-Trending Faults. Major Structures Are: N 30 E, 65 Nw; N 40 E, 65 Se; N 10 W, 65 Sw; N 10-20w
AlterationOpalization, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1936
Last production1942
Discovery year1934
Identification
Deposit ID10046900
MRDS IDM242127
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.89993, -118.24344
References
ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NV; N.B.M.G. BULL. 78.BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICK SILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. UNIV. BULL, V. 38, NO. 5; GEOL & MIN. SER. VOL. 41, P 71TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 14 AUGUST 1982HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, USBM IC 8252.BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, P. 71