Location: | Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 40.1699, -118.18597 |
dep_id: | 10040306 |
mrds_id: | M055020 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Mercury |
Minor mineral: | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead |
Trace mineral: | Antimony |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Cinnabar, Stibnite |
gangue: | Calcite |
orebody_fm: | BUNCHES, PODS |
work_type: | Surface |
model: | 177: Hot-spring Hg |
conc_proc: | Replacement |
ore_ctrl: | Normal Contact With Overlying Shale, Some What Faulted |
Reporter: | Bergquist, Joel R., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) |
hrock_unit: | Dun Glen Formation-Limestone |
hrock_type: | Shale,Limestone |
arock_unit: | Diabase Dikes |
arock_type: | Basalt |
Structure: | Relief Fault (Thrust), N40w Trend ; Reg.Trends: N 40 W |
tectonic: | Basin And Range |
Year first produced: | 1927 |
disc_yr: | 1923 |
prod_yrs: | 1927-1930, 1932-1933, 1942 |
discr: | E.M. Benedict |
References: |
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
- Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 161-163
- Deposit:: LAWRENCE, F.C., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 167
- Deposit:: LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61.
- Deposit:: 5) SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH - SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955 - 1961: VOL. 1, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105.
- Deposit:: 6) WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, PERSHING AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 821.
- Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA
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