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B. & B. Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda 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. Reserves and resources
  21. Workings at the site
  22. Links to other databases
  23. Bibliographic references
  24. General comments
  25. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046898
MRDS ID M242125
Record type Site
Current site name B. & B. Mine
Alternate or previous names Chrysler, Big Bob Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.25233, 37.88965 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408

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 001S 033E 01 N BOUNDARY Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SLOPE OF WHITE MOUNTAINS ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF MUSTANG MOUNTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Argillization

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Andesite flows and breccias
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Folding, Steep Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Fault, (N30e Structures)

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 106.98M
    Width 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding In Tuff; Fault Striking Ne. Dipping Steeply Nw May Be Genetically Related To Deposit

Comments on the geologic information

  • "OPALITE IS DISTINCTLY BUT IRREGULARLY BANDED WITH SILICIFIED LAYERS 1-5" THICK SEPARATED BY THINNER LAYERS OF SOFT CHALKY MATERIAL AND ABUNDANT OPEN SPACES. CINNABAR IS ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SILICEOUS LAYERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer George Chrysler
Year of first production 1927
Year of last production 1965

Mining district

District name Fish Lake Valley (White Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kollsman Mineral And Chemical Corp; P. M. Gardner Manager
    First year 1960
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Nevada, Bankrupt No. 475; E. S. Giles Of Goldfield, Trustee ; Robert Grenho
    First year 1944

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1927-1943
    Material HG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2-3 Lb Hg/Ton Up To Over 20 Lb Hg/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Mercury Mercury 1126g/mt
  • Year 1960
    Period 1960'S
    Material HG
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2-3 Lb Hg/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Mercury Mercury 1129g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1960'S IS UNKNOWN, BUT IN 1960, DAILY PRODUCTION WAS 200 TONS ORE PER DAY CARRYING 2-3 LB HG/TON.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1944
    Total resources 45000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Mercury Hg 0.0007 wt-pct Mercury Major 1944

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SINCE THIS ESTIMATE WAS MADE, AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF ORE WAS MINED IN THE 1960'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0HA
    Length 243.84M
    Overall length 106.68M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING IS BY OPEN PIT METHODS, ALTHOUGH EARLY DEVELOPMENT WAS UNDERGROUND, AND INCLUDED A GLORY HOLE 350 FT. BY 150 FT. BY 35 FT; AN 800-FT. HAULAGE ADIT; AN OPEN CUT 175 BY 75 BY 25 FEET; AND TWO ADITS

Comments on development

  • IN 1960, PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT 200 T. PD. CARRYING 2-3 LB HA/TON. U.S. STEEL WAS STILL ACTIVE IN THE AREA (GEOLOGIC MAPPING) AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1982. (SEE GENERAL)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NV; NBMG BULL 78

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. UNIV. BULL V. 38, NO. 5; GEOL. & MIN. SER. VOL. 41.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 14 AUGUST 1982.

  • Production

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, (1944) P. 67-68 AND ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, P. 66.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944 P. 70

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EARLY IN 1927, THE B&B QUICKSILVER CO. WAS ORGANIZED BY PETER BUOL AND H. BERNIE. BUOL BOUGHT OUT BERNIE'S INTEREST AND INSTALLED 4 D RETORTS IN 1927 AND PRODUCED OVER 100 FL HG. IN 1928, A 50-TON ROTARY FURNACE WAS INSTALLED AND IN 1929 A SECOND 60-TON ROTARY FURNACE WAS ADDED. THE PLANT CLOSED IN 1931, DECLARING BANKRUPTCY. LESSEES DID SOMEWORK FROM 1932 TO 1942. LATE IN 1942, THE PROPERTY WAS LEASED TO CHICAGO FIRM WHO ORGANIZED THE NEVADA MINERAL CO. AND RECOVERED 28 FLASKS IN 1943 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit BASE OF THE OPALITE BLANKET IS GENERALLY CONFORMABLE TO BEDDING IN THE TUFF BUT LOCALLY CUTS SHARPLY ACROSS THE BEDS BY SEVERAL FEET. CINNABAR IS ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SILICEOUS LAYERS. N70E SHEAR ZONE WITH CINNABAR, HGCI, ON OPEN FRACTURES. ROCK IS BRECCUATED WITH WIDE ZONE OF SOLUTION MOVEMENT, ALTERATION ALONG STRUCTURE, FLUFFY SILICA IN OPEN SPACES IN SOLUTION CHANNELS. WALL ROCK OPALIZED, SILICIFIED, BRECCIATED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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