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A and B Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040319
MRDS ID M055035
Record type Site
Current site name A and B Mine
Alternate or previous names Lydia
Related records 10125029

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.46979, 38.25133 (WGS84)
Elevation 2085
Relative position 2.85 MILES SW OF LITTLE RAWHIDE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tybo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 049E 23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED. PROPERTY CONSIST OF FOUR CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Welded Tuff Is Argillized And Partly Silicified.

Analytical data

Result ORE WAS LOW GRADE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Shingle Pass Tuff-Rhyolitic Ash-Flow Tuff
    Rock description Shingle Pass Tuff-Rhyolitic Ash-Flow Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Shingle Pass Tuff Rhyolitic Ash-Flow Tuff
    Rock description Shingle Pass Tuff Rhyolitic Ash-Flow Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.46979, 38.25133
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hot Creek Range ; Reg.Trends: North
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form SHINGLE PASS TUFF (RHYOLITIC ASH-FLOW TUFF)
    Strike N90E
    Dip 25S
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 9.14M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Ore Is Located In A Discontinous, Easterly Trending, Gently South Dipping Shear Zone. Ore Is Along Hanging Wall Of The Fault.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FLAT - LYING TERTIARY RHYOLITE FLOWS AND TUFFS CUT BY A LOW - ANGLE FAULT. ; GEOL.DESC: MINE BELOW A FRESH RHYOLITE FLOW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Discoverer J. Y. Anderson And H. Buckley
Year of first production 1934
Production years 1936-1937, 1939-1943

Mining district

District name Tybo District; Little Rawhide Mtn. Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. F. And Lorena Peterson And Others

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period To 1957
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^5-15 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 4518g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 18.29M
    Overall length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO EASTERLY TRENDING ADITS CONNECTED BY SMALL STOPES. THE LARGEST STOPE IS 20 FT X 30 FT X 20 FT. LAST OPERATED IN 1956.

Comments on development

  • BULLDOZER TRENCHING WAS DONE IN 1957; DIAMOND DRILL HOLES AND SHAFTS SUNK IN 1957-1960.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 41, P. 146-147

  • Deposit

    QUINLIVAN, W.D. AND ROGERS, C.L., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TYBO QUAD.: USGS MAP I-821.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA-IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 258

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50., P. 194.

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1933, NBMG BULL. 20

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH TO BOTTOM UNKNOWN 1943

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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