Mine detail: B. & B Prospect

Previously called ''

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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

MRDSM055380
DEP10098455
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}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Lapointe, D. D.