Mine detail: A and B Mine

Previously called 'Lydia'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.25133, -116.46979

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Gangue:	Clay
Orebody form:	SHINGLE PASS TUFF (RHYOLITIC ASH-FLOW TUFF)
Discovery year:	1934

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1936-1937, 1939-1943
First production started:	1934

Geology

Host rock:	Shingle Pass Tuff Rhyolitic Ash-Flow Tuff
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Shingle Pass Tuff-Rhyolitic Ash-Flow Tuff
Associated type:	Tuff
Structure:	Hot Creek Range ; Reg.Trends: North, Ne Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	The Welded Tuff Is Argillized And Partly Silicified.

References

MRDS	M055035
DEP	10040319
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 41, P. 146-147}{Deposit:: QUINLIVAN, W.D. AND ROGERS, C.L., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TYBO QUAD.: USGS MAP I-821.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA-IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 258}{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50., P. 194.}{Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.G., 1933, NBMG BULL. 20}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)