Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlZone Containing Narrow Veinlets Of Cinnabar
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueOpal
Geology
Host rockPhyllite,Limestone · Phyllite
Associated rockBasalt · Columbia River Basalt
StructureBroad - Crested Anticline, Local Structural Depression, Partly The Result Of Faulting.
Tectonic settingSnake River Downwarp
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10088611
MRDS IDM055156
Alternate namesLackey Mine, Virginia L. Mercury Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.59626, -117.11911
References
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.BAILEY E. H., 1964 , MINERAL RESOURCES - MERCURY, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1 , P. 119 - 123ROSS, C. P., 1956 , QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS NEAR WEISER, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1042-D, P. 79 - 104 .1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPTUSBM DATA