McAdoo Mine (Bluebird Mine), Bottle Creek Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
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| McAdoo Mine (Bluebird Mine) | Mine |
| Bottle Creek Mining District | Mining District |
| Humboldt County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 21' 29'' North , 118° 19' 13'' West
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A Hg mine located in sec. 7, T40N, R33E, MDM.
Structure: Steep, North-Trending Fault Faults Cut Dike; Shears Along Dike Contacts
Alteration: Ore Is Oxidized
Deposit: Ore deposition occurs in the eastern diabase dike and in wall rock discovery was made by dr. W.c. Mcadoo in 1936. The lessee, fulton quicksilver co., did little work on it through 1938. In 1939, baldwin & mcadoo installed 8 pipes of a retort and recovered 161 flasks hg. In 1940, using a 30-ton herreshoff furnace, they recovered 838 flasks, and 629 flasks in 1941. The property was closed down from 1942 to 1943, when a small rotary furnace was used to treat ore sorted from dumps. Ne W lessees in 1943 began a drilling program the mine is developed by a 107-ft shaft, and 1300 ft of drifts and stopes on several levels the property was leased to a. Minney in 1952, who did considerable NE W development work and installed a 2-tube retort in 1954 to treat 25 lb/ton ore. Development consists of a 107-ft. Inclined shaft with about 1300 ft. Of underground workings ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 3 field observ
Deposit type: Hot-spring Hg
Development: 30 ton herreshoff (1940), small rotary furnace (1943)
Geology: The "roll" of the dike, following bedding and fractures in sed. Rocks, controlled fracturing of diabase. Numerous fragments of basic dike on dump.
Ore(s): Fracturing And Shearing In Diabase Dike Fractures Are Most Numerous Along Hanging-Wall Side Of Flatter Parts Of The Dike The Ore Body Ranges From 2 To 8 Ft. Thick And 4 To 15 Ft. Wide And Extends Down Dip For Over 40 Feet.
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| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Hg | Mercury | |
| Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
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McAdoo Mine, Bottle Creek Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA