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B & B Quicksilver 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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045830
MRDS ID M233669
Record type Site
Current site name B & B Quicksilver Mine
Alternate or previous names H.G. Claim Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.55455, 38.91242 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF IONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 039E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONE ASSAY ACROSS 7 FT. OF ALTERED RHYOLITE RAN 0.81 % HG, OR 16.2 LBS/TON HG.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Kaolinization

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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.55455, 38.91242
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N60W
    Dip 65SW
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 48.77M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone; Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1940
    Total resources 13000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Mercury Hg 0.0025 wt-pct Mercury Major 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE GLORY HOLE (OR OPEN QUARRY), CONNECTED TO 2 TUNNELS, AND 3 MORE TUNNELS ABOVE THE FLOOR OF THE GLORY HOLE, SEVERAL SHAFTS 10-60 FT. DEEP.

Comments on development

  • 11 20-ACRE CLAIMS. IN 1940, THERE WAS A 50-TON SCOTT FURNACE, CRUSHER PLANT, DRYER PLANT RETORTS, ETC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUCK, L.I., 1930, AND ATTACHED UNAUTHORED 1940 REPORT-UNPUBLISHED; ON FILE AT NBMG, FILE 258, ITEM 1

  • Production

    BUCK, LEWIS I., 1930 UNPUB. REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG.-FILE 258, ITEM 1.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BUCK, L.I., (1940) UNPUB. REPT. ON FILE AT NBMG-FILE 258, ITEM 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE NEAR GRANITE/RHYOLITE CONTACT-FAULT GOUGE, MINERALIZING SOLUTIONS PRECIPITATED ORE MINERALS MOSTLY ALONG N-S FRACTURE PLANES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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