Mine detail: Black Hawk Mine

Previously called 'Mellan MineMellan and Reid Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.77273, -115.96532

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1929

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1941

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Andesite
Alteration processes:Strong Alteration Of Andesite

References

MRDSM242102
DEP10046878
Reference{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 92}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 77}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG GEOLOGY AND MINING SERIES NO. 41, P. 154-155}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1959, PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF BLACK HAWK MERCURY MINE, NYE CO., NV; UNPUB. REPORT NBMG.}{Production:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944}
ReporterHefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.)