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Red Bluff Mine

Past Producer in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043820
MRDS ID M231103
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bluff Mine
Alternate or previous names Delongchamps Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.68823, 39.89711 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tule Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N;023N 020E;020E 36;01 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.68823, 39.89711
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 TO 70 E
    Dip 65 TO 70 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, Diabase Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ CRYSTALS IN MINERALIZED WELDED TUFF ARE DARK, NEARLY BLACK, PROBABLY DUE TO RADIATION DAMAGE. (BONHOM, P 86)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pyramid District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DISCOVERED IN 1954, LEASED TO HOMES TAKE MINING CO IN 1955, INSUFFICIENT ORE RESERVES FOUND TO JUSTIFY LARGE OPERATION. SINCE 1955, HAS BEEN OPERATED BY A NUMBER OF LESSEES. PUBLISHED PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE UNAVAILABLE, BUT AT LEAST ONE CARLOAD OF ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1966. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN AND ADJACENT TO A DIABASE DIKE WHICH INTRUDES WELDED ASH FLOW TUFF OF HARTFORD HILL RHYOLITE. FOOTWALL CONTACT HAS BEEN FAULTED. HIGHER GRADE ORE OCCURS IN SHOOTS WITHIN WELDED TUFF IN FOOTWALL OF FAULT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H F, GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE & STOREY CO'S, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L J RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCUR IN NEVADA NBMG BULL 81, 1973

  • Deposit

    US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM, PRELIM RECON RPT 3780

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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