Description
J.Y. Anderson And H. Buckley
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlAlong Southeast Trending Joints.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
GangueKaolinite
Geology
Host rockTuff
Associated rockTuff
StructureJoints
AlterationArgillation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1961
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10103787
MRDS IDM055295
Alternate namesMercury Mountain
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.25272, -116.45757
References
BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 41, P. 147-148.QUINLIVAN, W.D. AND ROGERS, C.L., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TYBO QUAD: USGS MAP I-821.HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA - IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 258USBM UNPUB DATA