Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR , TABULAR
Ore controlFracture Zone, Brecciation
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone · Payette Formation-Sandstone, Sandy Shale , Shale;Idaho Formation-Sandstone, Sandy Shale
StructureBroad - Crested Anticlines; Syncline In Snake River Valley, Local Structural Depression, As A Result Of Faulting
AlterationSilicification (Opalization), Opalitization
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10092578
MRDS IDM055153
Alternate namesCoats
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.34297, -116.8843
References
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY, 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: USGS BULL. 1042-D, P. 79 - 1041956 GEOLMAP ROSS, BULL. 1042-D1964 COMPILE IBM & G SP. RPT. NO. 1