The B & B is a mercury mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,920 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
Elevation: 7,920 Feet (2,414 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.8881, -118.25110
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B & B MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: B & B
Secondary: Chrysler
Secondary: Kollsman Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Oneota(See Com)
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Hughes, Robert
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Las Vegas, Nevada
Info Year: 1982
Production
Year: 1969
Description: 9586 Tons Ore
Year: 1969
Description: Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 1261 76 Pound Flasks
Year: 1968
Description: 9975 Tons Ore
Year: 1968
Description: Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 923 76 Pound Flasks
Year: 1967
Description: 5600 Tons Ore
Year: 1967
Description: Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 738 76 Pound Flasks
Year: 1966
Description: 3500 Tons Ore
Year: 1966
Description: Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 452 76 Pound Flasks
Year: 1965
Description: 850 Tons Ore
Year: 1965
Description: Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 110 76 Pound Flasks
Year: 1962
Description: 500 Tons Ore
Year: 1962
Description: Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 26 76 Pound Flasks
Year: 1961
Description: 25000 Tons Ore
Year: 1961
Description: Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 239 76 Pound Flasks
Year: 1960
Description: 3060 Tons Ore
Year: 1959
Description: 3750 Tons Ore
Year: 1960
Description: Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 402 76 Pound Flasks
Year: 1959
Description: Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 490 76 Pound Flasks
Year: 1958
Description: 2022 Tons Ore
Year: 1958
Description: Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 266 76 Pound Flasks
Year: 1943
Description: 266 Tons Ore (Estimated)
Year: 1943
Description: Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 35 76 Pound Flasks
Year: 1970
Description: 6400 Tons Ore
Year: 1970
Description: Mercury Product 99.9 Percent Pure 838 76 Pound Flasks
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Distillation
Year First Production: 1927
Discovery Year: 1925
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Zeolite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Opal
Unknown: Chalcedony
Unknown: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1942 NOT INCLUDED, TOTAL DURING THAT PERIOD WAS 2686 FLASKS. MILL WAS LOCATED ON SITE AND IS NOW DISMANTLED. MINING METHOD WAS OPEN PIT; DRIFT.
Comment (Geology): OTHER MERCURY MINERAL IS "SCHUETTEITE" (MERCURY SULFATE). ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS PRESENT (KERMESITE, AN ANTIMONY OXY- SULFIDE). OTHERS MINERALS PRESENT; SCHUETTEITE AND KERMESITE.
Comment (Geology): OREBODY IS FLAT LYING WITH NO APPARENT STRIKE AND DIP ORE BODY ALSO CONTROLLED BY BEDDING. GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL. ORE IS FOUND IN OPALITE BLANKETS.
Comment (Names): CLAIM NAMES INCLUDE: CHRYSLER, KOLLSMAN, VALLEY VIEW, IBEX, CAROLYNE 1-3, AGOSE 1-2 & 4-7, AND CLOUDY DAY.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVE DATE: 1982.
Comment (Deposit): COMMODITY FOR ANTIMONY IS ANTIMONY OXYSULFIDE (KERMESITE) GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 91 KM WEST OF TONOPAH AND 27 KM NW OF DYER. PUBLISHED PAST PRODUCTION DATA IS OBSCURE AND SOME PRODUCTION CREDITED TO THE B & B MINE BETWEEN 1957 AND 1970 WAS TAKEN FROM OTHER ORE BODIES NEARBY. MERCURY PRODUCTION FROM THE DISTRICT IS PROBABLY ABOUT 8,000 FLASKS. THE REMAINING RESERVES ARE LOW-GRADE AND LARGE TONNAGE.
Comment (Workings): THE MINING DISTRICT IS ALSO KNOWN AS FISH LAKE VALLEY.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 61, 1963, 248 PP.
Reference (Deposit): 376. LAWRENCE, E. F. ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV
Reference (Deposit): INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, 1965, PP. 215-300.
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES. BUMINES
Reference (Deposit): 276. HOLMES, G. H., JR. MERCURY IN NEVADA. CH. IN
Reference (Deposit): SECTION 2A - UNITES STATES MINE/PLANT UNITS. 1971, P. 119.
Reference (Deposit): DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS:
Reference (Deposit): SCALE 1:62,500.
Reference (Deposit): 148. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. INTERNATIONAL
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL DEPOSITS
Reference (Deposit): 8. ALBERS, J. P., AND J. H. STEWART. GEOLOGY AND
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY QUAD. MAP GQ-1013, 1972 (1973),
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA, AND ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE, MONO COUNTY,
Reference (Deposit): RI 5285, 1956, 54 PP.
Reference (Deposit): 103. CROWDER, D. F., P. T. ROBINSON, AND D. L. HARRIS.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA AND IN MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON. BUMINES
Reference (Deposit): 42. BENSON, W. T. INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY DEPOSITS IN
Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN . 41, V. 38, NO. 5, 1944, 206 PP.
Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU MINES AND GEOLOGY
Reference (Deposit): 78, 1972, 80 PP.
Reference (Deposit): 29. BAILEY, E. H., AND D. A. PHOENIX. QUICKSILVER
Reference (Deposit): OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL.
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.
