Description
George Chrysler
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFractures In Tuff
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Opal
Geology
Host rockTuff
Associated rockGranite
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1927-1931, 1937, 1939-1940, 1942-1943
First production1927
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10103768
MRDS IDM055003
Alternate namesChrysler
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.88854, -118.25177
References
BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78CROWDER, ET AL, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE, MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AND ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 1013.5) GALLAGHER, 1967, NEVADA MINES, MILLS AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1967: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.6) LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P.64.7) HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: USBM IC 8252, P. 265-266.USBM UNPUB DATA