Blue Can Mine

The Blue Can Mine is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,121 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Blue Can Mine
Secondary: Bottle Creek Mercury Mine
Secondary: Tin Can

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Bottle Creek District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: C. P. Hoskins, C. T. Smith, And T. C. Niebuhr
Years: 1943 -

Owner Name: J. E. Riley, H. Luce
Years: 1943 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1938
Discovery Year: 1936
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR BODIES

Form: IRREGULAR BODIES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Jackson Mountains N10e ; Reg.Trends: Nne

Type: L
Description: N-S Trending Normal Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE RAN TO 100 LB HG PER TON. YIELD OF 66 LB HG PER FT OF WORKINGS. 7 - 12 LB ORE

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITION OCCURS BELOW FAULT GOUGE IN DIABASE. DIKE

Comment (Workings): CAVED, LAST OPERATED 1942.

Comment (Geology): FOLDED AND FAULTED PRE - TERT. ROCKS, TERT. VOLC. AND SED. ROCKS, QUAT. VOLC. AND INTRUSIVES. STEEP FAULTS, HOT SPRINGS. ; GEOL.DESC: DIABASE DIKES CUT MIO - PLIO SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, ET AL, 1941, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BOTTLE CREEK DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 922 - A

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, 1963, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE JACKSON MOUNTAINS, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 1141 - D

Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.