Lat / long: | 38.36771, -117.93427 |
Primary: | Mercury |
Ore: | Cinnabar |
Gangue: | Calcite, Quartz |
Orebody form: | LENSES AND STRINGERS |
Discovery year: | 1929 |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small |
Development status: | Past Producer |
Production years: | 1930-1932, 1937-1938, 1942 |
First production started: | 1930 |
Host rock: | Excelsior Formation |
Host type: | Chert |
Associated type: | Rhyolite,Andesite |
Structure: | Steep Fault And Bedding Shears |
Tectonic: | Basin And Range |
Alteration processes: | Silicification |
MRDS | M055004 |
DEP | 10040293 |
Reference | {Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58}{Deposit:: PHOENIX AND CATHCART, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973 - D}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA} |
Reporter | Gassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) |