The Red Bird Group is a mercury mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,319 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
Elevation: 6,319 Feet (1,926 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.335, -116.20889
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Red Bird Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Bird Group
Secondary: Silverado
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Tuscarora District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. Nona Trimbath And Roy Roseberry
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Marcasite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION TO CENTER OF SECTION
Comment (Production): 2 - PIPE RETORT
Comment (Deposit): FOOTWALL CONTAINS ORE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ROCKS ARGILLIZED PRIOR TO FAULTING
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): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252
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.
