Nevada · Nye County
Past Producer

B & B Quicksilver Mine

Nye County, Nevada, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlShear Zone; Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite,Granite
AlterationSilicification, Kaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10045830
MRDS IDM233669
Alternate namesH.G. Claim Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.91242, -117.55455
References
BUCK, L.I., 1930, AND ATTACHED UNAUTHORED 1940 REPORT-UNPUBLISHED; ON FILE AT NBMG, FILE 258, ITEM 1BUCK, LEWIS I., 1930 UNPUB. REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG.-FILE 258, ITEM 1.BUCK, L.I., (1940) UNPUB. REPT. ON FILE AT NBMG-FILE 258, ITEM 1