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Quicksilver deposits in Nevada [PHOTOCOPY]
Quicksilver deposits in Nevada PHOTOCOPY


 
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Title: Quicksilver deposits in Nevada

Author: Edgar H. Bailey and David A. Phoenix
Year: 1944
Series No.: Bulletin 41
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Format: 220 pages, 9 x 6 inches, 7 b/w drawings, 9 b/w photos, 23 plates: plate 1, 1 inch = 22 miles, Nevada quicksilver deposits map, 23 x 21 inches, 2 color; plate 2, 1 inch = 1 mile, geologic map Ivanhoe district, Elko County, 15 x 11 inches, 2 color; plate 3, 1 inch = 100 feet, geologic map and section Velvet workings, Butte mine, Elko County, 10 x 7 inches, b/w; plate 4, 1 inch = 500 feet, geologic map and section Governor mine, Elko County, 13 x 9 inches, b/w; plate 5, 1 inch = 200 feet, geologic map and section B & B mine, Esmeralda County, 10 x 9 inches, b/w; plate 6, 1 inch = 100 feet, underground geologic map and section Red Rock mine, Esmeralda County, 11 x 10 inches, b/w; plate 7, 1 inch = 50 feet, underground geologic map and sections Blue Can and McAdoo mines, Humboldt County, 16 x 28 inches, b/w; plate 8, 1 inch = 50 feet, underground geologic map and sections White Peaks mines, Humboldt County, 7 x 12 inches, b/w; plate 9, 1 inch = 100 feet and 400 feet, surface and underground geologic maps and section Cordero mine, Humboldt County, 11 x 15 inches, b/w; plate 10, 1 inch = 80 feet, underground geologic map and section Cahill mine, Humboldt County, 10 x 10 inches, b/w; plate 11, 1 inch = 40 feet, underground geologic map and section Mammoth mine, Mineral County, 6 x 6 inches, b/w; plate 12, 1 inch = 50 feet, underground geologic map Mina Development Company mine, Mineral County, 10 x 13 inches, b/w; plate 13, 1 inch = 100 feet, block diagram Mina Development Company mine, Mineral County, 9 x 10 inches, b/w; plate 14, 1 inch = 100 feet and 200 feet, surface and underground geologic maps and section Van Ness mine, Nye County, 9 x 13 inches, b/w; plate 15, 1 inch = 200 feet, geologic map and section Mercury Mining Company mine, Nye County, 13 x 11 inches, b/w; plate 16, 1 inch = 200 feet, geologic map and section Nevada Cinnabar mine, Nye County, 13 x 9 inches, b/w; plate 17, 1 inch =50 feet, geologic map Juniper mine, Pershing County, 11 x 10 inches, b/w; plate 18, 1 inch = 100 feet, block diagram Juniper mine, Pershing County, 9 x 10 inches, b/w; plate 19, 1 inch = 440 feet, geologic map and sections Pershing and Montgomery mine, Pershing County, 7 x 27 inches, b/w; plate 20, 1 inch = 133 feet, block diagram Pershing mine, Pershing County, 8 x 13 inches, b/w; plate 21, 1 inch = 100 feet, underground geologic map Pershing mine, Pershing County, 11 x 21 inches, b/w; plate 22, 1 inch = 100 feet, underground geologic map and block diagram Red Bird mine, Pershing County, 10 x 10 inch, b/w; plate 23, 1 inch = 150 feet, block diagram Castle Peak mine, Storey County, 8 x 8 inches, b/w
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An overview of the mercury deposits in Nevada including history and production, general description of mercury minerals, deposits and geologic settings, suggestions for prospecting and recovery from ore tailings, and economic outlook. The second half presents brief descriptions of each deposit by county and district with an index of mines and localities described. Originally published as University of Nevada Bulletin, v. 38, no. 5, Geology and Mining Series, no. 41, December 1944. Also released as an abbreviated edition of 48 pages of general information on the geology of mercury deposits and metallurgical treatment of the ore without the individual mine descriptions and 23 plates (B41A). Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey. Additional information can be found in NBMG Map 7.

Original Product Code: B41 10