| Lat / long: | 41.91655, -117.81432 |
| Primary: | Mercury |
| Tertiary: | Uranium, Lithium |
| Ore: | Cinnabar |
| Gangue: | Alunite, Apatite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Gypsum, Iron, Montmorillonite, Stibnite |
| Orebody form: | BLANKET, DISCONTINUOUS |
| Discovery year: | 1924 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Producer |
| Production years: | SEPT 1975 - 1990 |
| First production started: | 1975 |
| Associated rock: | Cordero Rhyolite;Cordero Rhyolite;Cordero Rhyolite;Footwall Rhyolite;Footwall Rhyolite;Footwall Rhyolite |
| Associated type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Mcdermitt Caldera Collapse Structure, Basin-Range Normal Faults |
| Alteration processes: | Argillic, Silicic |
| MRDS | M054731 |
| DEP | 10040100 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: RYTUBA, J.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MCDERMITT CALDERA, NEV-ORE; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT. 76-535}{Deposit:: ROPER, M.W., 1976, HOT SPRINGS MERCURY DEPOSITION AT MCDERMITT MINE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; REPRINT OF PAPER GIVEN AT ANNUAL AIME MEETING IN LAS VEGAS IN 1976.}{Deposit:: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR, 1980.}{Deposit:: DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.}{Deposit:: MCCORMACK, JOHN K., 1986, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO THESIS (MS): PARAGENESIS AND ORIGIN OF SEDIMENT-HOSTED MERCURY ORE AT THE MCDERMITT MINE, MCDERMITT, NEVADA.} |
| Reporter | Peterson, Jocelyn A., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) |