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Redboy

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045516
MRDS ID M233281
Record type Site
Current site name Redboy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.53733, 41.12768 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willow Creek Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rock(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 048E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silica Replacement-Formation Of Opalite

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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.53733, 41.12768
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Small North Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO OPALITE BODIES ALONG FAULTS WHICH CONTAIN DISSEMINATED (INNABAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Iuanhoe

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW TRENCHES AND ADITS

Comments on development

  • 5 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALEY & PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BALL41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ALONG FAULT ZONE WHICH CONTAINS 2 OPALITE BODIES WITH DISSEMINATED CINNABAR.
Deposit PROPERTY CONSISTS OF FIVE CLAIMS AND IS WORKED BY SHALLOW TRENCHES AND ADITS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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