Bailey Cinnabar Mine

Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106912
MRDS ID M055436
Record type Site
Current site name Bailey Cinnabar Mine
Related records 10173590

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.96261, 38.3691 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MI E OF MINA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eddyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 036E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.96261, 38.3691

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountains District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCING, EXPLORATION (1967)

Comments on the workings information

  • MAY STILL BE ACTIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, 1967, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1967: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA

  • Production

    GALLAGHER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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