The Red Boy Group is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,781 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,781 Feet (1,762 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.13167, -116.53833
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Red Boy Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Boy Group
Secondary: Redboy
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Ivanhoe District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. M. V. Easterly
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, DISSEMINATED HG
Structure
Type: L
Description: Small North-Trending Faults, Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TWO OPALITIC ORE BODIES, 45,000 AND 75,000 SQ FT.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW TRENCHES AND ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, ET AL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 54
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252
Reference (Production): HOLMES
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.
