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Red Rock Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040299
MRDS ID M055010
Record type Site
Current site name Red Rock Mine
Alternate or previous names Chrysler
Related records 10270969

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.24288, 37.85576 (WGS84)
Elevation 2231
Relative position 3 MI N OF DAVIS MTN; 11 MI W OF CHIATOVITCH RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 034E 18 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOCATED FOR SILVER IN 1914

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Barite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Stibiconite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result MINE YIELDED 59 LB HG PER FT OF WORKINGS. 3 TO 20 LB ORE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Adamellite And Granite Of Pellisier Flats
    Rock description Adamellite And Granite Of Pellisier Flats
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Palmetto Formation;Marble
    Rock description Palmetto Formation;Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.24288, 37.85576
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Trends: Nw
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault And Normal Fault (N60e,75s)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 30.48M
  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures Beneath Fault Gouge At Fault Intersections.

Comments on the geologic information

  • PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE AND PHYLLITE INTRUDED BY JURASSIC GRANITIC ROCKS. OVERLAIN BY TERT. ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE FLOWS, AND TUFFS WHICH ARE CAPPED BY BASALT FLOWS. TERT. ROCKS GENTLY FOLDED AND CUT BY STEEP FAULTS. ; MAJOR.UNITS: JURASSIC GRANITIC ROCKS ; GEOL.DESC: ROOF PENDANT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Discoverer George Chrysler
Production years 1928-1935, 1937-1949

Mining district

District name Fish Lake Valley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. Vollmer
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. F. Dunnigan
    First year 1943

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period To 1957
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3-20 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 5195g/mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 AS OF 1961. INFERRED RESERVES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 777.24M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS AS OF 1949; TWO OPEN PITS (1943).

Comments on development

  • DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED DENIED IN 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61

  • Deposit

    ROBINSON AND CROWDER, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA AND MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS MAP GQ - 1078.

  • Deposit

    5) ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78

  • Deposit

    1951 DIREXPL DMEA

  • Deposit

    1954 DIREXPL DMEA, FOUND NO SIGNIFICANT ORE

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE AT INTERSECTION OF AN ALTERED ZONE (N 85 W/45 S) AND A FAULT (N 60 E/75 S) (BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1945).{MINE AT INTERSECTION OF THRUST FAULT AND A NE - TRENDING NORMAL FAULT (ROBINSON AND CROWDER).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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