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Red Bird Group

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040554
MRDS ID M055373
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bird Group
Related records 10173472

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.37069, 39.45047 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position WITHIN 1/4 MILE MTN WELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 032E 03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SLOPE OF STILLWATER RANGE, UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.37069, 39.45047
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEINS IN PHYLLITE AND SLATE (TRI); RHYOLITE AND BASALT (TERT); NEARBY GRANODIORITE PLUTON (CRET)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years TO 1959

Mining district

District name Mountain Wells District (La Plata)

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period To 1957
    Material HG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^8-10 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 4066g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • WILLDEN AND SPEED STATE: NO RECORD OF ANY PRODUCTION FROM THE PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN AND SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 83

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WILLDEN AND SPEED FOUND NO PROSPECT . SAME AS M055402(?). ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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