Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlBedding In Sinter; Dehydration Cracks In Sinter
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Pyrite
GangueAlunite, Chalcedony, Kaolinite, Opal, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
AlterationSilicification, Clay. Alteration Minerals Associated With Mercury Ores Include Quartz, Alunite And Kaolinite And The Rock Is Largely C-Onverted To Opalite Consisting Of Quartz And Chalcedony. At De-Eper Levels, The Alteration Assemblages Consist Of Illite-Mont-Morillonite And Calcite-Chlorite.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1938
Discovery year1907
Identification
Deposit ID10104003
MRDS IDM232773
Alternate namesParadise Mine, Mccormick Group, Mccormick-Dermody
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.78905, -117.55209
References
BAILEY, E. H., AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. UMV. BULL. VOL 38 NO 5; SER. NO 41ROBERTS, R. J., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSIT AT BUCKSKIN PEAK, NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: USGS BULL 922E.BENSON, W. T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR CO., OREG: U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 5285TINGLEY, J. V., 1968; UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE BUCKSKIN PEAK MERCURY DEPOSIT; ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINESVANDERBURG, W. O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV: U.S.B.M.I.C 6995BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.GARSIDE, L. J. AND BONHAM, H. F., 18 AUG 83, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION ON TOUR LED BY PETER VEKRE OF ASARCO, AND SAMP-LE ANALYSIS.BAILEY, E. H. AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944.