Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlNw-Trending Steep Fracture Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueAlunite, Calcite, Gypsum, Quartz, Sulfur
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Andesite
Associated rockAndesite
StructureNw-Trending Steep Fracture Zone.
AlterationVolcanics Are Altered, Bleached White, Locally Silicified; Argillized.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1934
Identification
Deposit ID10098380
MRDS IDM042775
Alternate namesWilson Cinnabar, Hanley Lease, Erroneously Called Finger Rock Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.74686, -117.96816
References
BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADAUSBM I.C. 8252 P. 296NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P.GALLAGHER, M.J., 1969, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS, IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1969; STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NV, 19 P.NBMG BULL 41, 1944, P. 156-157.NBMG BULL 50, 1951, P. 113.