| Deposit ID | 10045329 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233033 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Betty Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Betty and Messenger, Red Wing |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.94038, 38.35604 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2377 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 006N | 036E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Model code | 175 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 26c |
| Deposit model name | Barite-fluorite veins |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert | ||||
| Rock unit name | Excelsior Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Excelsior Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -117.94038, 38.35604 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Lost Steers Thrust And Cinnabar Canyon Thrust |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Northward-Dipping, Bus-Angle Thrust Fault |
| General form | LENS, LINEAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1918 |
| District name | Pilot Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | H. Betty, E. Messenger |
| Home office | Mina, Nevada |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 182.88M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233033 |
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 58.
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 38, NO. 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 41.
PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P. 143-71
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR THIS MINE ARE COMBINED WITH THOSE OF INMAN MINE |
| Deposit | CINNABAR FORMS HIGH-GRADE LENSES IN POROUS FAULT BRECCIA AND FILLS SMALL FRACTURES IN BROKEN, CHERT, LOCALLY, MINERALIZING SOLUTIONS DEPOSITED CINNABAR ALONG BEDDING SHEARS IN CHERT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1981 | Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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