Location: | Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 40.29962, -118.09903 |
dep_id: | 10040466 |
mrds_id: | M055270 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Mercury |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Cinnabar |
gangue: | Calcite |
orebody_fm: | VEINLETS |
model: | 177: Hot-spring Hg |
Reporter: | Gassaway, Judith S., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) |
hrock_unit: | Rochester Rhyolite (Wallace, Et Al) |
hrock_type: | Limestone |
Structure: | Nw Trending Fault (Concealed) |
disc_yr: | 1954 |
prod_yrs: | TO 1957 |
References: |
- Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S., USBM IC8252
- Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252
- Deposit:: WALLACE, ET AL, 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE UNIONVILLE QUADRANGLE, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 820.
- Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA
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