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Red Robin Mine

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047389
MRDS ID M242679
Record type Site
Current site name Red Robin Mine
Alternate or previous names 3 Red Robin Claims Are A Southern Part of the Friday Group, Alta Mozelle No. 42

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.53178, 40.32351 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Needle Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 039E 01 SE OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 MILE S OF MT. TOBIN MINE AT THE TOP OF A SPUR RIDGE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALTHOUGH NO CINNABAR WAS SEEN IN EXPOSURES, PANNING OF A COMPOSITE DUMP SAMPLE YIELDED OVER 100 GRAINS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Local Areas Of Argillic Alteration And Iron-Staining

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) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.53178, 40.32351
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1945

Mining district

District name Mount Tobin District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner K. N. Meador?

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, SHORT BULLDOZER CUTS

Comments on development

  • THIS AREA HAS BEEN RESTAKED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THE 1940'S, AND IT IS DIFFICULT NOW TO ASCERTAIN THE LIMITS OF THE PREVIOUS CLAIMS. IN 1957, THE AREA WAS LOCATED BY CLYDE GARRETT AS A BLOCK INCLUDING THE CAMP SITE, LUCKY DAY, GRAND VIEW AND FULL MOON CLAIMS. IN 1959, K.N, MEADOR JOINED GARRETT TO EXPLORE THE GROUND, WHICH WAS HELD JOINTLY UNTIL 1962. IN 1972, THE GROUND WAS RELOCATED BY MEADOR WHO FILED A MAP OF THE FRIDAY GROUP ACCURATELY LOCATING THE RED ROBIN CLAIMS AND HE HELD TITLE AT LEAST TO 1976. IN 1980, A CLAIM NOTICE WAS SEEN ON THE PROPERTY INDICATING IT HAD BEEN RESTAKED THE YEAR BEFORE AS THE ALTA MOZELLE NO. 42, WHICH IS DOUBTLESS ONE OF A LARGE GROUP OF GOLD CLAIMS, PROBABLY HELD BY QUEENSTAKE NOW (1984).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT BY QUEENSTAKE ON MOUNT TOBIN GOLD-SILVER PROSPECT, 1984

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1940'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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