Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlOre Occurs As Botryoidal Masses Along Contact Of Sandstone And Limestone.
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockAndesite
AlterationStrong Alteration Of Andesite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1941
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10046878
MRDS IDM242102
Alternate namesMellan Mine, Mellan and Reid Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.77273, -115.96532
References
KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 92CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 77BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG GEOLOGY AND MINING SERIES NO. 41, P. 154-155HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1959, PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF BLACK HAWK MERCURY MINE, NYE CO., NV; UNPUB. REPORT NBMG.BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944