Location: | Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 40.13684, -118.16875 |
dep_id: | 10040309 |
mrds_id: | M055022 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Mercury |
Trace mineral: | Antimony |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar |
gangue: | Ankerite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Stibnite |
orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
work_type: | Underground |
model: | 177: Hot-spring Hg |
alteration: | Silicification |
ore_ctrl: | Fractures In Dolomite, Faults Under Shale |
Reporter: | Bergquist, Joel R., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) |
hrock_unit: | Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata-Dolomite |
hrock_type: | Dolomite |
arock_unit: | Diabase Dikes |
arock_type: | Basalt |
Structure: | Relief Fault (Thrust) ; Reg.Trends: N 40 W, Nw Normal Fault; Overturned Anticlinorium |
tectonic: | Basin And Range |
Year first produced: | 1916 |
disc_yr: | 1912 |
prod_yrs: | 1916-1917, 1928-1930, 1942-1944, 1946 |
discr: | Chris Mattevich |
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. 164
- Deposit:: LAWRENCE, F.C., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 167
- Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; USBM 1C 8252, P. 249-250.
- Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA
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