Mine detail: B & B

Previously called 'ChryslerKollsman Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.88803, -118.25204

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Other material: Alunite, Chalcedony, Cinnabar, Opal, Quartz, Zeolite
Discovery year: 1925

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1927

Geology

References

MRDSM055003
MAS320090084
DEP10149709
Reference{Deposit:: 8. ALBERS, J. P., AND J. H. STEWART. GEOLOGY AND}{Deposit:: MINERAL DEPOSITS}{Deposit:: OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL.}{Deposit:: 78, 1972, 80 PP.}{Deposit:: 29. BAILEY, E. H., AND D. A. PHOENIX. QUICKSILVER}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU MINES AND GEOLOGY}{Deposit:: BULLETIN . 41, V. 38, NO. 5, 1944, 206 PP.}{Deposit:: 42. BENSON, W. T. INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN}{Deposit:: NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON. BUMINES}{Deposit:: RI 5285, 1956, 54 PP.}{Deposit:: 103. CROWDER, D. F., P. T. ROBINSON, AND D. L. HARRIS.}{Deposit:: GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE, MONO COUNTY,}{Deposit:: CALIFORNIA, AND ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY QUAD. MAP GQ-1013, 1972 (1973),}{Deposit:: SCALE 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: 148. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. INTERNATIONAL}{Deposit:: DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS:}{Deposit:: SECTION 2A - UNITES STATES MINE/PLANT UNITS. 1971, P. 119.}{Deposit:: 276. HOLMES, G. H., JR. MERCURY IN NEVADA. CH. IN}{Deposit:: MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES. BUMINES}{Deposit:: INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, 1965, PP. 215-300.}{Deposit:: 376. LAWRENCE, E. F. ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV}{Deposit:: BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 61, 1963, 248 PP.}
ReporterSpear, James M.