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Red Bird Group

Past Producer in Elko 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040550
MRDS ID M055369
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bird Group
Alternate or previous names Silverado
Related records 10271401

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.20982, 41.3349 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926
Relative position 1 MI N OF TUSCARORA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 40N 51E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.20982, 41.3349
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N 78 W
    Dip STEEP TO SOUTH
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ROCKS ARGILLIZED PRIOR TO FAULTING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer J.W. Gainey
Production years TO 1942

Mining district

District name Tuscarora District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Nona Trimbath And Roy Roseberry

Comments on the production information

  • 2 - PIPE RETORT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOOTWALL CONTAINS ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

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