Mine detail: B. & B Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

41.36294, -118.31849

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1940

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1945

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated type:	Tuff
Structure:	Fracture Zones
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055380
DEP	10098455
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: MNW. NEV. BULL, VDL. 38 NO 5: GEOL MIN. SER. NO 41 UNIV.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Production:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Lapointe, D. D.