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Red Hills Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Bismuth
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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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037288
MRDS ID M031252
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hills Mine
Related records 10247247

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.41086, 39.65604 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tippett Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 21N;021N;020N 67E;068E;068E 36;31;32 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX 15 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TIPPETT POST OFFICEON E. FLANK OF RED HILLS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Galena Ore
Lead Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Jasperoidization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.41086, 39.65604
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faultsshear Zone, Fracture System.

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N10E
    Dip 55-70W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 20-Ft Zone Of Brecciated Limestone Striking N10e, Dipping 55-70w; Fault Zone At N. Workings.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN 20 FOOT ZONE OF BRECCIATED LIMESTONE, MINERALIZED NEAR THE W WALL, ALONG FAULTS THAT DIP W AND ARE PARALLEL TO OR STEEPER THAN THE BEDDING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eagle (Kern)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Richard A. Engals (Sunshine #1 Claim Staked By)
    First year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. Erickson (Cover The E. Front Of The Hills.)
    First year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • NO INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTION DATA-INCLUDED IN DISTRICT RECORDS, AVAILABLE IN HOSE, ET. AL., 1976, P. 52. RED HILLS MINE YIELDED ORES WITH 40 OZ OR MORE AG PER TON, 10% PB, .5% ZN, .2% CU, .03 OZ AU/TN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE WORKING 20 FT DEEP. THERE IS A 200 FT WINZE AND A 50 WINZE . ALSO AN OPEN CUT 40 FT LONG AND 20 FT DEEP (1913) , INCLINED WINZE ABOUT 70 FT DEEP 50 FT N OF OPEN CUT. AT BASE OF THE HILL, 0.25 MILE EAST, A 200-FT TUNNEL IS DRIVEN S80W, ON A FRACTURE DIPPING 75S. LOWER WORKINGS IN 1980 CONSISTED OF A SMALL ORE BIN, ADIT AND STOPE WITH A PROSPECT SHAFT EAST OF THIS. NORTHERN AREA HAD AN ORE BIN AND LONG ADIT.

Comments on development

  • WORKED IN 1912 BUT IDLE IN 1913. LINCOLN SAYS WORKED FROM 1911-1918. THERE WERE 2 ROTARY DRILL SITES (SHALLOW) IN THE DRAINAGE IN 1980.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO BULL 648

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R. K., BLAKE, M. C., JR., AND SMITH, R., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES., BULL 85

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1980, FIELD NOTES FROM FIELD EXAMINATION ON MAY 16, 1980.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.,RENO,NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA; PREPARED FOR BLM.

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NBMG BULL 38, P. 150.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT SURFACE, SMALL BODIES OF SANDY, IRON-STAINED LEAD CARBONATE HAVE BEEN MINED, BUT ORE ON DUMP FROM WINZE IS HARD GREY LEAD CARBONATE, WITH GOSSAN AT SURFACE. LIMESTONE IS LACED WITH THIN CALCITE VEINLETS. A REPLACEMENT LENS STRIKES N70E, DIPS 25SE.
Deposit THE RED HILLS MINE IS THE LARGEST WORKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BASIN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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