| Location: | Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 40.26518, -117.62013 |
| dep_id: | 10040474 |
| mrds_id: | M055275 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Mercury |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Cinnabar |
| gangue: | Barite, Calcite, Clay, Limonite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | LENS |
| model: | 177: Hot-spring Hg |
| alteration: | Clay; Bleaching, Argillization Of Andesite. |
| ore_ctrl: | Breccia Zone Near Andesite Contact |
| Reporter: | Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) |
| hrock_unit: | Natchez Pass Formation |
| hrock_type: | Limestone |
| arock_type: | Andesite |
| Structure: | Fault Zone |
| Year first produced: | 1955 |
| disc_yr: | 1955 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
- Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; IN USBM 1C 8252
- Deposit:: TINGLEY, J. V. 20 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS
- Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
- Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J. J., AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON MERCURY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
- Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA
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