Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFault Gouge Zone
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite
AlterationSilicification (Opalite)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
First production1945
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10088617
MRDS IDM055234
Alternate namesFranklin - Keene
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.39794, -118.41849
References
BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL 38, NO. 5; GEOL & MIN. SER. NO. 41BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944