Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formHIGH GRADE PIPES, LENSES
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Gypsum, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sulfur
Geology
Host rockRhyodacite
StructureN 65 W Trending Fault
AlterationArgillic, Limonitic, Propylitic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsTO 1954
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10103789
MRDS IDM055317
Alternate namesPoinsettia
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.77881, -118.26373
References
BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 82521950 DIREXPL USBUSBM UNPUB DATA