B and B Mine

The B and B Mine is a mercury mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,940 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: B and B Mine
Secondary: Chrysler

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Fish Lake Valley 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Kollsman Mineral And Chemical Corp.
Years: 1967 -

Owner Name: State Of Nevada, E. S. Giles
Years: 1943 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1927
Discovery Year: 1925
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: White Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE RAN 1 TO 3 LB HG PER TON. 10 LB ORE.

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Opal

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): LARGE TONNAGE OF LESS THAN 2 LB ROCK

Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSIST OF MINE CLAIMS.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 1 AS OF 1960. EQUIVALENT OF 500,000 TONS ORE.

Comment (Deposit): FRACTURE FILLING OCCURS IN TUFF, DISSEMINATED ORE IS IN OPALITE

Comment (Development): PROPERTY HAD A 50 TON ROTARY AND A 60 TON ROTARY{1960: 200 TONS PER DAY OF 2 - 3 LB ORE{1967: PRODUCING.

Comment (Workings): (WORKINGS AS OF 1949.) OPEN CUT 1960: OPEN PIT 1967: OPEN PIT

Comment (Geology): PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE AND PHYLLITE INTRUDED BY JURASSIC GRANITIC ROCKS. OVERLAIN BY TERTIARY ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE FLOWS AND TUFFS WHICH ARE CAPPED BY BASALT FLOWS. TERT. ROCKS GENTLY FOLDED AND CUT BY STEEP FAULTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): 6) LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P.64.

Reference (Deposit): 7) HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: USBM IC 8252, P. 265-266.

Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA

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): ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78

Reference (Deposit): CROWDER, ET AL, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE, MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA AND ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 1013.

Reference (Deposit): 5) GALLAGHER, 1967, NEVADA MINES, MILLS AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1967: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.

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.