Lat / long: | 38.37799, -117.94872 |
Primary: | Mercury |
Ore: | Cinnabar, Metacinnabar |
Gangue: | Calcite, Wad |
Discovery year: | 1917 |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small |
Development status: | Past Producer |
Host rock: | Dunlap Formation |
Host type: | Shale |
Structure: | Cinnabar Canyon Thrust |
Alteration processes: | Replacement |
MRDS | M055323 |
DEP | 10040514 |
Reference | {Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58}{Deposit:: PHOENIX AND CATHCART, 1951, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973 - D} |
Reporter | Gassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) |