| Location: | Humboldt County, Nevada, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 40.86044, -118.66432 |
| dep_id: | 10040525 |
| mrds_id: | M055339 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Mercury |
| Trace mineral: | Aluminum, Silver, Sulfur |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Alunite, Cerargyrite, Cinnabar, Sulfur |
| gangue: | Gypsum |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR |
| model: | 177: Hot-spring Hg |
| alteration: | Silicification |
| ore_ctrl: | Bedding, Brecciation Along Shears |
| Reporter: | Gassaway, Judith S., Lapointe, D. D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) |
| hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Gravel,Sand and Gravel,Rhyolite |
| arock_type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | N-S Faults; N23 Degrees Shear Zones |
| Year first produced: | 1877 |
| disc_yr: | 1875 |
| prod_yrs: | TO 1946, 1959 |
| discr: | Mcworthy And Rover |
| References: |
- Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF HUMBOLDT CO, NEV.; N.B.M.G. BULL 59.
- Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38 NO 5; GEOL AND MIN. SER. NO. .
- Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 6995
- Deposit:: 1968, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF MINING SULPHUR-ON FILE AT N.B.M.G.
- Deposit:: SERIES OF UNPUBLISHED CORRESPONDENCE ON SULPHUR DISTRICT, DATED 1917-1920; ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES.
- Deposit:: OVERTON, T.D., 1943, RENO RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORP REPORT; UNPUBLISHED; ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES.
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