Mine detail: Black Hawk Mine

Previously called 'MellanMellan and Reid'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.77189, -115.96199

Resource(B)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Jarosite, Pyrite, Quartz
Other material: Barite
Discovery year: 1929

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Sandstone,Limestone
Associated type:Rhyolite,Andesite
Alteration processes:Silicification, Oxidation, Bleaching, Argillization

References

MRDSM241606
DEP10104093
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H. & PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NBMG, BULL NO. 41, P. 154.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.H., 1959, PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION: BLACK HAWK MERCURY MINE, USBM, 27 JAN 59.}{Deposit:: SMITH, P., AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, OCT. 8, 1983.}{Deposit:: NBMG BULL 50,}{Deposit:: NBMG BULL 5.}
ReporterLyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.)