Location: | Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 40.34601, -117.72846 |
dep_id: | 10040471 |
mrds_id: | M055276 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Mercury |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Breccia-Filling |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Cinnabar |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
model: | 177: Hot-spring Hg |
ore_ctrl: | Brecciated Zone |
Reporter: | Bergquist, Joel R., Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.), Royse, Sue E., Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) |
hrock_unit: | Pumpernickel;Pumpernickel;Pumpernickel |
hrock_type: | Limestone |
arock_type: | Greenstone |
disc_yr: | 1941 |
References: |
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G, 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 56-57.
- Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 274.
- Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA MERCURY DEPOSITS: USGS FILES.
- Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 44, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41.
- Deposit:: GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, FIELD OBSERVATIONS: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) REPORT.
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