Red Boy Group

The Red Boy Group is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,781 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Red Boy Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.