Red Rock Mine

The Red Rock Mine is a mercury mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,320 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Red Rock Mine
Secondary: Chrysler

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Fish Lake Valley District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: W. F. Dunnigan
Years: 1943 -

Owner Name: F. Vollmer
Years: 1943 -

Production

Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3-20 Lb/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1927
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: White Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Reg.Trends: Nw

Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault And Normal Fault (N60e,75s)

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: MINE YIELDED 59 LB HG PER FT OF WORKINGS. 3 TO 20 LB ORE.

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Stibiconite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 1 AS OF 1961. INFERRED RESERVES.

Comment (Commodity): LOCATED FOR SILVER IN 1914

Comment (Development): DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED DENIED IN 1958

Comment (Deposit): ORE AT INTERSECTION OF AN ALTERED ZONE (N 85 W/45 S) AND A FAULT (N 60 E/75 S) (BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1945).{MINE AT INTERSECTION OF THRUST FAULT AND A NE - TRENDING NORMAL FAULT (ROBINSON AND CROWDER).

Comment (Geology): PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE AND PHYLLITE INTRUDED BY JURASSIC GRANITIC ROCKS. OVERLAIN BY TERT. ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE FLOWS, AND TUFFS WHICH ARE CAPPED BY BASALT FLOWS. TERT. ROCKS GENTLY FOLDED AND CUT BY STEEP FAULTS. ; MAJOR.UNITS: JURASSIC GRANITIC ROCKS ; GEOL.DESC: ROOF PENDANT

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS AS OF 1949; TWO OPEN PITS (1943).

References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61

Reference (Deposit): ROBINSON AND CROWDER, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA AND MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS MAP GQ - 1078.

Reference (Deposit): 5) ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78

Reference (Deposit): 1951 DIREXPL DMEA

Reference (Deposit): 1954 DIREXPL DMEA, FOUND NO SIGNIFICANT ORE

Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA

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.