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Red Light Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104108
MRDS ID M241980
Record type Site
Current site name Red Light Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.72371, 37.79383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2216
Relative position ABOUT 5.6 AIRMILES N 60 W FROM TOWN OF SILVER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 038E 02 E2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST WEST OF THE VALCALDE GROUP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.72371, 37.79383
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Post-Ore Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Dip GENTLY EAST
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS IN BEDDING-PLANE REPLACEMENTS OF QUARTZ ASSOCIATED WITH CONCORDANT INTRUSION OF ALASKITE BODIES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1888
Year of first production 1888

Mining district

District name Silver Peak District (1865) ; Mineral Ridge District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Chiatovich
    First year 1906

Comments on the production information

  • THE FIRST 80 TONS OF NEAR-SURFACE ORE WAS SOMEWHAT ENRICHED BY OXIDATION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • IRREGULAR, FLAT DRIFTS AND STOPES; 35-FT SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • ORE WAS WORKED IN CHIATOVICH'S MILL AT SILVER PEAK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1906: USGS PROF. PAPER 55.

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG. BULL. 78

  • Production

    SPURR, J.E., (1906), P. 60.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL OVERLAPPING QUARTZ LENSES WHICH PINCH AND SWELL ALONG BEDDING PLANES IN LIMESTONE SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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