Mine detail: Black Hawk Mine

Previously called 'MellanMellan and Reid'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.77356, -115.96755

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1929

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: TO 1943

Geology

Host rock:Nopah Formation
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Ne - Trending Low - Angle Fault , Sandstone-Limestone Contact

References

MRDSM055298
DEP10040492
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 154-155.}{Deposit:: KRAL, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 50}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 77}{Deposit:: 5) HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965 MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE US: US BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 279-280.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
ReporterBergquist, Joel R., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)