A and B Mine

The A and B Mine is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,841 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: A and B Mine
Secondary: Lydia

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tybo District; Little Rawhide Mtn. Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: M. F. And Lorena Peterson And Others

Production

Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^5-15 Lb/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1934
Discovery Year: 1934
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
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: Hot Creek Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Form: SHINGLE PASS TUFF (RHYOLITIC ASH-FLOW TUFF)

Structure

Type: R
Description: Hot Creek Range ; Reg.Trends: North

Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Welded Tuff Is Argillized And Partly Silicified.

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE WAS LOW GRADE

Materials

Gangue: Clay

Comments

Comment (Development): BULLDOZER TRENCHING WAS DONE IN 1957; DIAMOND DRILL HOLES AND SHAFTS SUNK IN 1957-1960.

Comment (Deposit): DEPTH TO BOTTOM UNKNOWN 1943

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO EASTERLY TRENDING ADITS CONNECTED BY SMALL STOPES. THE LARGEST STOPE IS 20 FT X 30 FT X 20 FT. LAST OPERATED IN 1956.

Comment (Geology): FLAT - LYING TERTIARY RHYOLITE FLOWS AND TUFFS CUT BY A LOW - ANGLE FAULT. ; GEOL.DESC: MINE BELOW A FRESH RHYOLITE FLOW.

Comment (Location): TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED. PROPERTY CONSIST OF FOUR CLAIMS

References

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

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 41, P. 146-147

Reference (Deposit): QUINLIVAN, W.D. AND ROGERS, C.L., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TYBO QUAD.: USGS MAP I-821.

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA-IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 258

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50., P. 194.

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1933, NBMG BULL. 20

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.