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B & B

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Mercury
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149709
MRDS ID M055003
MAS/MILS ID 0320090084
Record type Site
Current site name B & B
Alternate or previous names Chrysler, Kollsman Mine
Related records 10103768

Comments on the site names

  • CLAIM NAMES INCLUDE: CHRYSLER, KOLLSMAN, VALLEY VIEW, IBEX, CAROLYNE 1-3, AGOSE 1-2 & 4-7, AND CLOUDY DAY.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.25204, 37.88803 (WGS84)
Elevation 2414
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Montgomery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(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

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 S 033 E 01 NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Unknown
Chalcedony Unknown
Cinnabar Unknown
Opal Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Zeolite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Andesite flows and breccias
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15M
    Length 600M
    Width 300M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 850822
  • Area 27HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 27
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • OTHER MERCURY MINERAL IS "SCHUETTEITE" (MERCURY SULFATE). ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS PRESENT (KERMESITE, AN ANTIMONY OXY- SULFIDE). OTHERS MINERALS PRESENT; SCHUETTEITE AND KERMESITE.
  • OREBODY IS FLAT LYING WITH NO APPARENT STRIKE AND DIP ORE BODY ALSO CONTROLLED BY BEDDING. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL. ORE IS FOUND IN OPALITE BLANKETS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1927
Milling method Distillation

Mining district

District name Oneota(See Com)

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hughes, Robert
    Interest 100
    Home office Las Vegas, Nevada
    Year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 266 Tons Ore (Estimated)
  • Year 1943
    Description Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 35 76 Pound Flasks
  • Year 1958
    Description 2022 Tons Ore
  • Year 1958
    Description Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 266 76 Pound Flasks
  • Year 1959
    Description 3750 Tons Ore
  • Year 1959
    Description Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 490 76 Pound Flasks
  • Year 1960
    Description 3060 Tons Ore
  • Year 1960
    Description Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 402 76 Pound Flasks
  • Year 1961
    Description 25000 Tons Ore
  • Year 1961
    Description Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 239 76 Pound Flasks
  • Year 1962
    Description 500 Tons Ore
  • Year 1962
    Description Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 26 76 Pound Flasks
  • Year 1965
    Description 850 Tons Ore
  • Year 1965
    Description Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 110 76 Pound Flasks
  • Year 1966
    Description 3500 Tons Ore
  • Year 1966
    Description Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 452 76 Pound Flasks
  • Year 1967
    Description 5600 Tons Ore
  • Year 1967
    Description Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 738 76 Pound Flasks
  • Year 1968
    Description 9975 Tons Ore
  • Year 1968
    Description Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 923 76 Pound Flasks
  • Year 1969
    Description 9586 Tons Ore
  • Year 1969
    Description Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 1261 76 Pound Flasks
  • Year 1970
    Description 6400 Tons Ore
  • Year 1970
    Description Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 838 76 Pound Flasks

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1942 NOT INCLUDED, TOTAL DURING THAT PERIOD WAS 2686 FLASKS. MILL WAS LOCATED ON SITE AND IS NOW DISMANTLED. MINING METHOD WAS OPEN PIT; DRIFT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE DATE: 1982.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 16HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 5
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 334
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 7.26
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINING DISTRICT IS ALSO KNOWN AS FISH LAKE VALLEY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMMODITY FOR ANTIMONY IS ANTIMONY OXYSULFIDE (KERMESITE) GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 91 KM WEST OF TONOPAH AND 27 KM NW OF DYER. PUBLISHED PAST PRODUCTION DATA IS OBSCURE AND SOME PRODUCTION CREDITED TO THE B & B MINE BETWEEN 1957 AND 1970 WAS TAKEN FROM OTHER ORE BODIES NEARBY. MERCURY PRODUCTION FROM THE DISTRICT IS PROBABLY ABOUT 8,000 FLASKS. THE REMAINING RESERVES ARE LOW-GRADE AND LARGE TONNAGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-95 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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