Description
Lew Hutchins And F.E. Noble
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Natchez Pass
Associated rockTuff,Andesite
StructureShear Zone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1953
Identification
Deposit ID10047427
MRDS IDM242728
Alternate namesCowan, Nevada Almaden, Big Quick Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.30601, -118.09514
References
RANSOME, F.L., 1909, MINING DISTRICT IN HUMBOLT COUNTY, NEVADA;USGS BULL 414.HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY POTENTIAL IN THE U.S.;USBM IC 8252.SCHRADER, 1914, THE ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA;USGS BULL 580-MJOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY,NEVADA;NBMG BULL 89.VIKRE, P.G., 1978, PH.D. THESIS, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER MINING DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA;STANFORD U.BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUB. DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.WALLACE ET. AL., 1969, USGS GQ-820.