Location: | Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 40.1274, -118.16208 |
dep_id: | 10040479 |
mrds_id: | M055283 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Mercury |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Cinnabar |
model: | 177: Hot-spring Hg |
ore_ctrl: | Nw Normal Fault |
Reporter: | Bergquist, Joel R., Royse, Sue E., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) |
hrock_unit: | Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata |
hrock_type: | Dolomite |
Structure: | Relief Thrust (Reverse); Overturned Anticlinorium; Nw Normal Fault; Sandstone-Dolo. Contact. |
disc_yr: | 1912 |
prod_yrs: | TO 1958 |
References: |
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITOF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG, BULL. 89
- Deposit:: SILBERLING AND WALLACE, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR PEAK GROUP (TRIASSIC) AND OVERLYING LOWER MESOZOIC ROCKS, HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA: USGS PP 592, P. 45.
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)
- Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM 1C 8252, P. 246-247
- Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA
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