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Red Monster Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046773
MRDS ID M241981
Record type Site
Current site name Red Monster Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.7601, 37.82855 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position ABOUT 8.6 AIRMILES N52W FROM TOWN OF SILVER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rhyolite Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 038E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO END OF ROAD SHOWN ON TOPO TO MINE, 0.9 MILE NW OF TARANTULA SPRING.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.7601, 37.82855
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Some Crushing Of Ore

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEETS OF ALTERNATING LIMESTONE SCHIST AND ALASKITE OCCUR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Year of first production 1892
Year of last production 1899

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (1865)

Comments on the production information

  • EARLY PRODUCTION UNKNOWN, BUT 9 TONS SHIPPED IN 1892 AND 1 CARLOAD IN 1899 SHIPPED TO THE SELBY SMELTER. TOTAL PRE-1906 PRODUCTION ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $300.00 WORTH (1906 PRICES).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 18.29M
    Overall depth 3.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 13-FT DEEP INCLINE WITH A 60-FT. LONG DRIFT AT THE BOTTOM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ LENSES IN SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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