| Deposit ID | 10040308 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055021 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Red Bird Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Antelope Springs, Dolbear, Rowland-Young |
| Related records | 10125087 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.17153, 40.16684 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1710 |
| Relative position | S. END HUMBOLDT RANGE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buffalo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)
Carson(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 27N | 34E | 33 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bindheimite | Ore |
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Mercury | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Aragonite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Cerussite | Gangue |
| Hemimorphite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Diabase Dikes | ||||||
| Rock description | Diabase Dikes | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata |
| Rock description | Lower Unit Of Post-Dun Glen Strata |
| (1) | -118.17153, 40.16684 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Relief Fault (Thrust) N40w ; Reg.Trends: N 40 W |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Replacement In Ls Occurs Along Fractures Under Shale In Synclinal Axis |
| General form | PIPE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N70W |
| Dip | MODERATE TO STEEP |
| Thickness | 2.44M |
| Length | 22.86M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1907 |
| Year of first production | 1914 |
| Production years | 1914-1915, 1929-1931, 1937-1939, 1941-1949 |
| District name | Antelope Springs |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Crofoot Lumber Co. |
| First year | 1967 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Clarence Young |
| First year | 1965 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Overall depth | 76.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055021 |
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41, P. 167-168
LAWRENCE, F.C., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61, P. 167
HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; USBM 1C 8252, P. 250
1955 DIREXPL DME
USBM UNPUB DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DISCOVERED IN 1907 BUT NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1914. THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF ABOUT 2,000 FT. OF ADITS. FROM 1914 TO 1960'S MINES IN DISTRICT WERE WORKED. THE DEPOSITS ARE MAINLY REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS OF CINNABAR IN CARBONATE AND ARE LOCALIZED BELOW THE CARBONATE-SHALE CONTACT BETWEEN STEEPLY DIPPING FAULTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | THE DEPOSITS ARE MAINLY REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS OF CINNABAR IN CARBONATE AND ARE LOCALIZED BELOW THE CARBONATE-SHALE CONTACT BETWEEN STEEPLY DIPPING FAULTS. ORE BODIES ARE OF TWO TYPES. IN THE FIRST TYPE, MOST OF THE ORE WAS FORMED BY VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS OF CINNABAR IN A BODY OF CRUSHED LIMESTONE LYING BETWEEN TWO FAULTS. THE SECOND TYPE LAY IN A PIPE-LIKE BODY THAT WAS PROBABLY A PRE-EXISTING LEAD-ZINC ORE BODY. MOST OF THIS ORE WAS RUGGY AND CONTAINED MUCH PULVERULENT CINNABAR TOGETHER WITH BINDHEIMITE AND OXIDATION PRODUCTS WHICH INCLUDE LIMONITE, CERUSSITE, HEMIMORPHITE AND SB-OXIDES. DEPOSITS ARE FOLDED AND FAULTED INTO NW TRENDING RIDGES. SOUTH PART OF AREA-FANGLOMERATES, NORTH-BASALTS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1973 | Bergquist, Joel R. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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