| Deposit ID | 10040313 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055028 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mcadoo Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Bluebird Mine |
| Related records | 10271369 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.33099, 41.3396 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1524 |
| Relative position | 55 MILES NW OF WINNEMUCCA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bottle Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 040N | 033E | 18 | SW | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Iron | Gangue |
| Result | ORE RAN 40 TO 60 LB HG PER TON. YIELD OF 88 LB HG PER FT OF WORKINGS. 6 - 15 LB ORE. SAMPLE 2438 OF BASIC DIKE MATERIAL CONTAINS 2 % FE,0.2 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 50 PPM MN, 0.7 PPM AG, 1000 PPM- AS, 70 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 50 PPM CR, 50 PPM CU, 7 -PPM NI, 10 PPM SC, 100 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR. |
|---|
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||||||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| (1) | -118.33099, 41.3396 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Steep, North-Trending Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Faults Cut Dike; Shears Along Dike Contacts |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N |
| Dip | W |
| Thickness | 4.57M |
| Length | 36.58M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Depth to top | 6.1M |
| Depth to bottom | 32.61M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1936 |
| Discoverer | Dr. W.C. Mcadoo |
| Year of first production | 1939 |
| District name | Bottle Creek District |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Minney, A. |
| First year | 1954 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. M. Overholser |
| First year | 1943 |
| Year | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | To 1942 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | HG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Ore Averaged 40 To 60 Lbs. Hg/Ton | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 396.24M |
| Overall depth | 32.61M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055028 |
ROBERTS, R.J., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BOTTLE CREEK DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT CO. NEV; U.S.G.S. BULL. 922-A.
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU MINES BULL. 41.
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.
BENSON, W.T., 1956, INVESTIGATIONS OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR CO., ORE,: U.S.B.M. REPT OF INV. 5285.
JONES, R. B., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-14-84.
1952 DIREXPL DMEA , FOUND FAVORABLE OR
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE DEPOSITION OCCURS IN THE EASTERN DIABASE DIKE AND IN WALL ROCK |
| Deposit | DISCOVERY WAS MADE BY DR. W.C. MCADOO IN 1936. THE LESSEE, FULTON QUICKSILVER CO., DID LITTLE WORK ON IT THROUGH 1938. IN 1939, BALDWIN & MCADOO INSTALLED 8 PIPES OF A RETORT AND RECOVERED 161 FLASKS HG. IN 1940, USING A 30-TON HERRESHOFF FURNACE, THEY RECOVERED 838 FLASKS, AND 629 FLASKS IN 1941. THE PROPERTY WAS CLOSED DOWN FROM 1942 TO 1943, WHEN A SMALL ROTARY FURNACE WAS USED TO TREAT ORE SORTED FROM DUMPS. NEW LESSEES IN 1943 BEGAN A DRILLING PROGRAM THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY A 107-FT SHAFT, AND 1300 FT OF DRIFTS AND STOPES ON SEVERAL LEVELS THE PROPERTY WAS LEASED TO A. MINNEY IN 1952, WHO DID CONSIDERABLE NEW DEVELOPMENT WORK AND INSTALLED A 2-TUBE RETORT IN 1954 TO TREAT 25 LB/TON ORE. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 107-FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH ABOUT 1300 FT. OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1973 | Bergquist, Joel R. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1985 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1980 | Lapointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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