The Red Bird Group is a mercury mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 39.45056, -118.36972
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Red Bird Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Bird Group
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Mountain Wells District (La Plata)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^8-10 Lb/Ton
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST SLOPE OF STILLWATER RANGE, UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
Comment (Production): WILLDEN AND SPEED STATE: NO RECORD OF ANY PRODUCTION FROM THE PROPERTY
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEINS IN PHYLLITE AND SLATE (TRI); RHYOLITE AND BASALT (TERT); NEARBY GRANODIORITE PLUTON (CRET)
Comment (Deposit): WILLDEN AND SPEED FOUND NO PROSPECT . SAME AS M055402(?). ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN AND SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 83
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
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.
