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B. & B Prospect

Past Producer in Humboldt 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. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098455
MRDS ID M055380
Record type Site
Current site name B. & B Prospect
Related records 10125398

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.31849, 41.36294 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 1000 FT N. OF MCADDO MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bottle Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 033E 06,07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT. N. OF MCADOO MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.31849, 41.36294
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw-Trending Fracture Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • CINNABAR OCCURS AS VEINLETS ALONG A NW-TRENDING FRACTURE ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Year of first production 1945

Mining district

District name Bottle Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Eva Mc Adoo

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, DRIFTS, GLORY HOLE, STOPE

Comments on development

  • 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: MNW. NEV. BULL, VDL. 38 NO 5: GEOL MIN. SER. NO 41 UNIV.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252

  • Production

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCOVERED ABOUT 1940; 6 CLAIMS DEVELOPED BY A 50-FT. INCLINED SHAFT, 100 FT. OF DRIFTS, A SMALL GLORY HOLE, AND A 2ND GLORY HOLE & STOPE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Lapointe, D. D. U.S. Geological Survey

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