Description
James And Arnold Scossa
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore control3 Sets Of Cinnabar-Bearing Fractures In Dike
Materials
GangueChalcedony
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockDiabase,Gravel,Sandstone,Tuff · Sedimentary Rocks
Associated rockDiabase,Rhyolite · Rhyolite (Extrusive);Diabase Dike
StructureMajor N-Trending, Steeply Dipping Faults ; Reg.Trends: Nne, Local Shearing Along Dike Contacts; 2 Sets Of Fractures Filled With Fe-Oxides.
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationArgillization Of Tuffs, Sandstones, Gravels
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1939-1940, 1946-1947
First production1938
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID10103771
MRDS IDM055032
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Site 2435., Scossa Mine, Bottle Creek Mine, Last Chance
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.36071, -118.31516
References
ROBERTS, R.J., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BOTTLE CREEK DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT CO, NEV; USGS. BULL 922ABAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 41WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO; NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 59.BENSON, W.T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR CO. ORE: U.S.B.M. REPT. OF INV. 5285.JONES, R. B., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-14-84.USBM UNPUB DATABAILEY AND PHOENIX