Mine detail: Betty Mine

Previously called 'Red WingBetty and Messenger'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.35576, -117.94038

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR, LENSES
Discovery year: 1918

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1921, 1926-1929, 1934-1935, 1937-1941
First production started: 1926

Geology

Host rock:Dunlap Formation
Host type:Conglomerate,Chert
Associated rock:Hornblende Andesite
Associated type:Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:North - Trending Fault
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM055009
DEP10040298
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.}{Deposit:: 5) FOSHAG, 1927, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 795 - E.}{Production:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)