Mine detail: Betty Mine

Previously called 'Betty and MessengerRed Wing'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.35604, -117.94038

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	LENS, LINEAR
Discovery year:	1918

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Excelsior Formation
Host type:	Chert
Structure:	Lost Steers Thrust And Cinnabar Canyon Thrust, Northward-Dipping, Bus-Angle Thrust Fault
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	M233033
DEP	10045329
Reference	{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 58.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 38, NO. 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 41.}{Deposit:: PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P. 143-71}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.)