The B & B Quicksilver Mine is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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B & B Quicksilver Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: B & B Quicksilver Mine
Secondary: H.G. Claim Group
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Union District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Commodity): ONE ASSAY ACROSS 7 FT. OF ALTERED RHYOLITE RAN 0.81 % HG, OR 16.2 LBS/TON HG.
Comment (Development): 11 20-ACRE CLAIMS. IN 1940, THERE WAS A 50-TON SCOTT FURNACE, CRUSHER PLANT, DRYER PLANT RETORTS, ETC.
Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONE NEAR GRANITE/RHYOLITE CONTACT-FAULT GOUGE, MINERALIZING SOLUTIONS PRECIPITATED ORE MINERALS MOSTLY ALONG N-S FRACTURE PLANES.
Comment (Workings): LARGE GLORY HOLE (OR OPEN QUARRY), CONNECTED TO 2 TUNNELS, AND 3 MORE TUNNELS ABOVE THE FLOOR OF THE GLORY HOLE, SEVERAL SHAFTS 10-60 FT. DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUCK, L.I., 1930, AND ATTACHED UNAUTHORED 1940 REPORT-UNPUBLISHED; ON FILE AT NBMG, FILE 258, ITEM 1
Reference (Production): BUCK, LEWIS I., 1930 UNPUB. REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG.-FILE 258, ITEM 1.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BUCK, L.I., (1940) UNPUB. REPT. ON FILE AT NBMG-FILE 258, ITEM 1
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.
