Mine detail: B and B Mine

Previously called 'Chrysler'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.88854, -118.25177

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony, Opal
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1925

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1927-1931, 1937, 1939-1940, 1942-1943
First production started: 1927

Geology

Host type:Tuff
Associated type:Granite
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM055003
DEP10103768
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78}{Deposit:: CROWDER, ET AL, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE, MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AND ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 1013.}{Deposit:: 5) GALLAGHER, 1967, NEVADA MINES, MILLS AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1967: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.}{Deposit:: 6) LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P.64.}{Deposit:: 7) HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: USBM IC 8252, P. 265-266.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)