Red Hills Mine

The Red Hills Mine is a lead and silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Red Hills Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Bismuth

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Eagle (Kern)

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: E. Erickson (Cover The E. Front Of The Hills.)
Years: 1978 -

Owner Name: Richard A. Engals (Sunshine #1 Claim Staked By)
Years: 1979 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: LENS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faultsshear Zone, Fracture System.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Jasperoidization

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Lead
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bismuthinite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Production): NO INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTION DATA-INCLUDED IN DISTRICT RECORDS, AVAILABLE IN HOSE, ET. AL., 1976, P. 52. RED HILLS MINE YIELDED ORES WITH 40 OZ OR MORE AG PER TON, 10% PB, .5% ZN, .2% CU, .03 OZ AU/TN

Comment (Development): WORKED IN 1912 BUT IDLE IN 1913. LINCOLN SAYS WORKED FROM 1911-1918. THERE WERE 2 ROTARY DRILL SITES (SHALLOW) IN THE DRAINAGE IN 1980.

Comment (Deposit): AT SURFACE, SMALL BODIES OF SANDY, IRON-STAINED LEAD CARBONATE HAVE BEEN MINED, BUT ORE ON DUMP FROM WINZE IS HARD GREY LEAD CARBONATE, WITH GOSSAN AT SURFACE. LIMESTONE IS LACED WITH THIN CALCITE VEINLETS. A REPLACEMENT LENS STRIKES N70E, DIPS 25SE.

Comment (Deposit): THE RED HILLS MINE IS THE LARGEST WORKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BASIN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Workings): SURFACE WORKING 20 FT DEEP. THERE IS A 200 FT WINZE AND A 50 WINZE . ALSO AN OPEN CUT 40 FT LONG AND 20 FT DEEP (1913) , INCLINED WINZE ABOUT 70 FT DEEP 50 FT N OF OPEN CUT. AT BASE OF THE HILL, 0.25 MILE EAST, A 200-FT TUNNEL IS DRIVEN S80W, ON A FRACTURE DIPPING 75S. LOWER WORKINGS IN 1980 CONSISTED OF A SMALL ORE BIN, ADIT AND STOPE WITH A PROSPECT SHAFT EAST OF THIS. NORTHERN AREA HAD AN ORE BIN AND LONG ADIT.

Comment (Geology): ORE IN 20 FOOT ZONE OF BRECCIATED LIMESTONE, MINERALIZED NEAR THE W WALL, ALONG FAULTS THAT DIP W AND ARE PARALLEL TO OR STEEPER THAN THE BEDDING

Comment (Location): APPROX 15 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF TIPPETT POST OFFICEON E. FLANK OF RED HILLS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

References

Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO BULL 648

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R. K., BLAKE, M. C., JR., AND SMITH, R., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES., BULL 85

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1980, FIELD NOTES FROM FIELD EXAMINATION ON MAY 16, 1980.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.,RENO,NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA; PREPARED FOR BLM.

Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NBMG BULL 38, P. 150.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.