Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typevein; disseminated
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formtabular
Ore controlOre occurs in tuff beneath fault gouge.
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Cinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Clay
Geology
Host rockTuff,Rhyolite
Associated rockDiabase,Andesite,Quartz Latite,Rhyolite · "Toiyabe quartz latite", "Oddie Rhyolite"
StructureRegional structural trens in the Shoshone Mountains are northerly., Rocks are cut by NW-trending faults.
AlterationArgillzation and silicificationof host rocks are common.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1909-1910, 1914-1918, 1920, 1927-1930, 1935-1938, 1940, 1943-1945
Discovery year1907
Identification
Deposit ID10310478
MRDS IDM055038
Alternate namesShoshone Quicksilver, Nevada Cinnabar Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.91381, -117.55455
References
Bailey, E. H., U. S. Geol. Survey, Personal FilesBailey, E.H., and Phoenix, D.A., 1944, Quicksilver Deposits in Nevada: Nev. Bur. of Mines and Geol., Bull. 41, p. 151-152.Vitaliano, 1963, Cenozoic Geology and Sections of the Ione Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada: USGS Map MF - 255.Gallagher, 1967, Nevada Mines, Mills, and Smelters in Operation as of July 1, 1967: State Inspector Of Mines, Carson City, Nevada.Holmes, G.H., Jr., 1965, Mercury in Nevada, in Mercury Potential of the U.S.: U.S. Bur. of Mines, Inf. Circ. 8252, p. 254-255.NBMG MI-94 through MI-02.Ione Valley Land Status, 1978Amer. Mines (2001), 2000.Denver Mining Record, 9/7/94