Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Dolomite
StructureRelief Fault (Thrust); Nw Normal Fault; Overturned Anticlinorium.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1928-1930, 1941-1943, 1955-1958
Discovery year1912
Identification
Deposit ID10109635
MRDS IDM055280
Alternate namesLori No. 1
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.13046, -118.16736
References
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 89.SILBERLING AND WALLACE, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR PEAK GROUP (TRIASSIC) AND OVERLYING LOWER MESOZOIC ROCKS, HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA: USGS PP 592, P. 45HMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; USBM 1C 8252, P. 248-249WALLACE, ETAL, 1959, PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF BUFFALO MTN QUAD., NEVADA: USGS MAP MF-220USBM UNPUB DATA