Description
Apache Mining Co.
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model175: Barite-fluorite veins
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlBedding Planes; Fracture Surfaces
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Dolomite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockRhyolite,Granite
StructureTight Folding Of Limestone; Steep Normal Fault Near Center Of Claim Area, Thrust Fault
AlterationSilicification, Tasperoid Development
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1970
Identification
Deposit ID10047675
MRDS IDM243097
Alternate namesNBMG Samplesites 1476, 1477
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.1463, -118.43096
References
TINGLEY, J.V., 1970, UNPUB, REPORT, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 13, ITEM 8.MILLER, BRUCE, 1984, NBMG FILE 13, ITEM 13-SAMPLE ANALYSESSCHRADER, F.C., [GEOLOGY OF] THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA: USGS OFR 1947, P. 297-300.BAILEY, F.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUB. DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.