Mine detail: Cordero Mine

Previously called 'Mcdermitt Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.91127, -117.81655

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Hematite, Mercury, Pyrite, Stibnite
Gangue: Alunite, Chalcedony, Jarosite, Opal, Quartz
Orebody form: BLANKET
Discovery year: 1924

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1935

Geology

Host rock:Welded Tuffs Alkali Rhyolite Of Long Ridge;Welded Tuffs Alkali Rhyolite Of Long Ridge;
Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Andesite
Structure:Reg.Struct: Mcdermitt Caldera Collapse Structure: Arcuate Faults And Ring Fractures ; Reg.Trends: Northeast, Ne-Trending Faults; M Fault
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Silicic, Argillic

References

MRDSM055026
DEP10040311
Reference{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO. NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICK SILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; UNIV. NEV. BULL. 38, NO. 5; GEOL AND MIN. SER NO. 41.}{Deposit:: RYTUBA, J.J., 1976, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THMCDERMITT CALDERA, NEVADA-OREGON; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT. 76-535}{Deposit:: MCKEE, E.H., 1976, ORIGIN OF THE MCDERMITT CALDERA IN NEVADA AND OREGON AND RELATED MERCURY DEPOSITS: PREPRINT OF A PAPER PRESENTED AT THE 1976 AIME ANNUAL MEETING, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, 1976.}{Deposit:: FOORD, E.E. BRENDSEN, P., STOREY, L., 1974, CORDEROITE, FIRST NATURAL OCCURRENCE OF DHG3S2CU2 FROM THE CORDERO MERCURY DEPOSIT, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; AM.MIN., VOL 59, P. 652-655.}{Deposit:: YATES, R.G., 1942, QUICK SILVER DEPOSITS OF THE OPALITE DISTRICT, MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON, AND HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 931-N.}{Deposit:: ROPER, M.W., 1976, HOT SPRINGS MERCURY DEPOSITION AT MCDERMITT MINE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; PREPRINT OF PAPER GIVEN AT AIME ANNUAL MEETING LAS VEGAS, NEV. 1976.}{Deposit:: J.E. GILBERT AND V.P. HAAS, 1959, CORDERO-NEVAD* LARGEST MG. MINE; E. MIN. JOUR., VOL. 160, NO. 3.}{Deposit:: HERRESHOFF;4 FT, 12 HEARTH (1941)}{Deposit:: UNKN DIREXPL BAILEY AND PHOENIX, P. 98; ORE TO 600 FT.}{Deposit:: UNKN GEOPHYS SEE YATES, P. 348. TWO OR MORE SILICIFIED ZONES}{Production:: WILLDEN, R. 1964.}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.), La Pointe, D. D., Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.)