Mine detail: Mcadoo Mine

Previously called 'Bluebird Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.3396, -118.33099

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite, Iron
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1936

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1939

Geology

Host type:Diabase,Tuff
Associated type:Diabase
Structure:Steep, North-Trending Fault, Faults Cut Dike; Shears Along Dike Contacts
Alteration processes:Ore Is Oxidized

References

MRDSM055028
DEP10040313
Reference{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BOTTLE CREEK DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT CO. NEV; U.S.G.S. BULL. 922-A.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU 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, INVESTIGATIONS 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.}{Deposit:: 1952 DIREXPL DMEA , FOUND FAVORABLE OR}{Production:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944.}
ReporterBergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Lapointe, D. D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)