Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueBarite, Calcite, Stibnite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Dunlap Formation
StructureCinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults
Tectonic settingBasin & Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1928
Identification
Deposit ID10104014
MRDS IDM233050
Alternate namesKane, Leighton Cinnabar, Sommerfield and Thompson
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.36437, -117.96705
References
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, F.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P. 143-71.BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL. V. 38, NO 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO 41.PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, P.146