Mine detail: Baldwin Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 2439Blue Bucket, Blue Bottle Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.35766, -118.30766

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Antimony
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Chalcedony
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1936

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1941-1942
First production started:	1941

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Rhyolite Dike;Rhyolite Flow Rock
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Major Faults Strike N And Dip Steeply East; Flow-Banding ; Reg.Trends: Nne, Ore Lies Between Two Faults: One Nw-Trending Vertical Fault And The Other A Ne-Trending Fault Dipping Steeply Se.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of Rhyolite

References

MRDS	M055030
DEP	10040315
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BOTTLE CREEK DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 922-A.}{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; USBM REPT INV 5285}{Deposit:: JONES, R. B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 9-15-84}{Production:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944.}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)