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Red Bird Mine

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046160
MRDS ID M234148
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bird Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Bird Group, Red Bird Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.66373, 39.84269 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 35 MILES NNE OF EASTGATE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shoshone Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 023N 038E 23,24 SE (23); SW (24) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF THE SHOSHONE CANYON ROAD 6 MI. NW OF THE PASS WHERE THE ROAD CROSSES THE DRAINAGE DIVIDE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Star Peak Formation
    Rock description Star Peak Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.66373, 39.84269
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description North-Trending Block

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bernice District (Wildhorse)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shaw, Glen L.
    Home office Fallon

Comments on the production information

  • THE CALCINE DUMP CONTAINS SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF MATERIAL, AND TH E REPORTED PRODUCTION OF 49 FLASKS HG IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SIZE OF T HE DUMP.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SIZE OF THE WASTE DUMP SUGGESTS WORKINGS TOTALLING SEVERAL HU NDRED FEET.

Comments on development

  • ORE FROM THE RED BIRD MINE WAS REPORTED AT THE SITE IN A 2-INCH P IPE RETORT, NOW DISMANTLED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R. AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF C HURCHILL CO., NV.; NBMG BULL. 83

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252

  • Production

    WILLDEN & SPEED, 1974, P. 63.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE/OCCURS IN FRACTURES IN BOTH LIMESTONE AND SILTSTONE JUST BELO W FAULT CONTACT. UPPER PLATE IS TRIASSIC DOLOMITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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