| Lat / long: | 41.36071, -118.31516 |
| Primary: | Mercury |
| Gangue: | Chalcedony |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Other material: | Pyrite |
| Discovery year: | 1936 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1939-1940, 1946-1947 |
| First production started: | 1938 |
| Host rock: | Sedimentary Rocks |
| Host type: | Diabase,Gravel,Sandstone,Tuff |
| Associated rock: | Rhyolite (Extrusive);Diabase Dike |
| Associated type: | Diabase,Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Major N-Trending, Steeply Dipping Faults ; Reg.Trends: Nne, Local Shearing Along Dike Contacts; 2 Sets Of Fractures Filled With Fe-Oxides. |
| Tectonic: | Basin And Range |
| Alteration processes: | Argillization Of Tuffs, Sandstones, Gravels |
| MRDS | M055032 |
| DEP | 10103771 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BOTTLE CREEK DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT CO, NEV; USGS. BULL 922A}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 41}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO; NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 59.}{Deposit:: BENSON, W.T., 1956, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR CO. ORE: U.S.B.M. REPT. OF INV. 5285.}{Deposit:: JONES, R. B., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-14-84.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}{Reserve-Resource:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX} |
| Reporter | Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) |