Location: | Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 40.19184, -117.65096 |
dep_id: | 10040473 |
mrds_id: | M055274 |
Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Mercury, Antimony |
Trace mineral: | Gold, Barium-Barite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Cinnabar, Stibnite |
gangue: | Kermesite |
other_matl: | Barite |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR, PODS |
model: | 175: Barite-fluorite veins |
alteration: | Replacement, Silicification |
conc_proc: | Sb-Hg-Ba Mineralization |
ore_ctrl: | Fault Zone |
Reporter: | Gassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) |
hrock_unit: | Natchez Pass Formation |
hrock_type: | Dolomite |
arock_type: | Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite |
Structure: | Mt. Tobin Thrust Fault, Ne Trending Fault Zones |
disc_yr: | 1956 |
prod_yrs: | TO 1956 |
discr: | Rene Amat |
References: |
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
- Deposit:: LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61
- Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; IN USBM 1C 8252
- Deposit:: GARSIDE, L. J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.
- Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
- Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON NEVADA MERCURY DEPOSITS.
- Production:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977.
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