Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlContact Between Porphyry And Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChert, Dolomite, Limonite, Pyrite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockLimestone,Dolomite · Bird Spring Formation
Associated rockGranite
StructureFault (N30w, Vertical), Potosi Thrust Fault Underlies Deposit
AlterationDike Altered, Limestone Dolomitized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10046999
MRDS IDM242237
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.86694, -115.48417
References
HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD: USGS P.P. 167, P. 103-104.LONGWELL, C.R., ET.AL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO: NBMG BULL. 62, P. 195.SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAM., NBMG, 13 FEB. 85.LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEAVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO, NBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, NBMG BULL. 41.LONGWELL, ET AL, P. 195 (1965)