Mine detail: Blue Can Mine

Previously called 'Bottle Creek Mercury MineTin Can'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.35849, -118.32016

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Chalcedony, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR BODIES
Discovery year:	1936

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1938-1942
First production started:	1938

Geology

Host rock:	Tuffs, Conglomerate, And Clay
Host type:	Diabase
Associated rock:	Diabase Dikes
Associated type:	Diabase,Rhyolite
Structure:	Jackson Mountains N10e ; Reg.Trends: Nne, N-S Trending Normal Fault
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Argillic

References

MRDS	M055025
DEP	10040307
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, ET AL, 1941, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BOTTLE CREEK DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 922 - A}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, 1963, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE JACKSON MOUNTAINS, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 1141 - D}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.), Bergquist, Joel R.