Betty Mine

The Betty Mine is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,799 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: Betty Mine
Secondary: Betty and Messenger
Secondary: Red Wing

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Pilot Mountains District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: H. Betty, E. Messenger
Home Office: Mina, Nevada

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1918
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Barite-fluorite veins

Orebody

Form: LENS, LINEAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Lost Steers Thrust And Cinnabar Canyon Thrust

Type: L
Description: Northward-Dipping, Bus-Angle Thrust Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Location): ADJOINS THE INMAN PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH FLANK OF THE PILOT MOUNTAINS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR FORMS HIGH-GRADE LENSES IN POROUS FAULT BRECCIA AND FILLS SMALL FRACTURES IN BROKEN, CHERT, LOCALLY, MINERALIZING SOLUTIONS DEPOSITED CINNABAR ALONG BEDDING SHEARS IN CHERT.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL LEVELS OF WORKINGS TOTALLING ABOUT 600 FT AND A STOPE TO SURFACE. WORKINGS ARE DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.

Comment (Geology): ABOVE THE MINE WORKINGS, THICK BEDS OF ALTERED VOLCANIC ROCKS AND HORNBLENDE ANDESITES OVERLIE THE CHERTS. TWO NORMAL FAULTS FORM A BRECCIA ZONE 1/2 FT TO 2 FT WIDE.

Comment (Deposit): PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR THIS MINE ARE COMBINED WITH THOSE OF INMAN MINE

References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 58.

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 38, NO. 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 41.

Reference (Deposit): PHOENIX, D.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973-D, P. 143-71

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.