| Deposit ID | 10047154 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242406 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Red Rock Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Chrysler |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.24288, 37.85521 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2243 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Esmeralda |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 001S | 034E | 18 | NW | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Stibiconite | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble |
| Rock unit name | Palmetto |
| Rock description | Palmetto |
| (1) | -118.24288, 37.85521 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Fault |
| General form | OTHER - TROUGH |
|---|---|
| Strike | N85W AND N60E |
| Dip | 45S AND 75S |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1914 |
| Discoverer | George Chrysler (For Quicksilver In 1927) |
| District name | Fish Lake Valley (White Mountain) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dunnigan, Walter F. |
| First year | 1944 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 527.3M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242406 |
ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NEV.; N.B.M.G. BULL. 78
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38, NO. 5, GEOL & MIN. SER. NO. 41. P. 72-73
TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 15 AUGUST 1982.
LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, NBMG BULL 61, P. 66.
USGS MAP GO-1078, 1973.
BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A. (1944) P. 73.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | INTERSECTION OF FAULT AND GOUGE ZONE FORMS AN INVERTED TROUGH, BENEATH WHICH MOST OF THE MINED ORE WAS CONCENTRATED. CINNABAR OCCURS AS CRYSTALLINE SEAMS FILLING CRACKS IN THE BROKEN ZONE OF SILICEOUS ROCK, AND AS COATINGS OF "PAINT" ON ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF THE SAME ROCK. HIGH-GRADE LENSES OF CRYSTALLINE CINNABAR OCCUR LOCALLY WITHIN THE FAULT ZONE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1981 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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