Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formBLANKET, IRREGULAR
Ore controlFractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
StructureFaults
AlterationSilicification, Clay Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsAS OF 1941
First production1941
Discovery year1913
Identification
Deposit ID10103792
MRDS IDM055351
Alternate namesCanyon Creek?
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.73571, -117.6482
References
BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. UNIV. BULL VOL. 38 NO. 5; SER. NO. 41.WILLDEN, R, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO, NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984,UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.USBM I. C. 8252, P.227, 1965BAILEY, E.H., AND PHONIX, D.A., 1944