Mine detail: B. & B. Mine

Previously called 'ChryslerBig Bob Claims'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.88965, -118.25233

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Orebody form: BLANKET
Discovery year: 1925

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1927
Last production ended: 1965

Geology

Host type:Tuff,Andesite
Structure:Gentle Folding, Steep Faults, Ne-Trending Fault, (N30e Structures)
Alteration processes:Silicification; Argillization

References

MRDSM242125
DEP10046898
Reference{Deposit:: ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NV; NBMG BULL 78}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. UNIV. BULL V. 38, NO. 5; GEOL. & MIN. SER. VOL. 41.}{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 14 AUGUST 1982.}{Production:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, (1944) P. 67-68 AND ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, P. 66.}{Reserve-Resource:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944 P. 70}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)