Red Metals Mine

The Red Metals Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Red Metals Mine
Secondary: Copper Field Area
Secondary: North View Mountain
Secondary: North Mt Patent
Secondary: Porcupine Or Wheeler Tunnel
Secondary: Revelation Patent
Secondary: Red Metal Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #3333 & #4122

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Peavine District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

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

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Epidotization, Iron Oxide Alteration.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcanthite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Unknown: Tourmaline

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SAMPLE #3333 IS SELECT SULFIDE MATERIAL FROM A SMALL ORE PILE- PYRITE, BORNITE, QUARTZ. SAMPLE #4122 IS SELECT QUARTZ VEIN MATTER FROM PITS AND OLD ADITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Geology): MILKY QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS CONTAIN SPARSE REMNANTS OF THE HYPOGENE MINERALS BORNITE, PYRITE, MAGNETITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE. IRON OXIDE OCCURS AS BOXWORKS AND FRACTURE COATINGS. VEINS ARE REPORTEDLY GOLD-BEARING (HUDSON,1977). VEIN ATTITUDES ARE NOT OBVIOUS ALTHOUGH BONHAM (1969) REPORTS BOTH PARALLEL AND CROSS-CUTTING ATTITUDES. BLACK TOURMALINE OCCURS AS BRECCIA FILLINGS, VEINLETS, AND REPLACEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MINERALIZATION. VEINS ARE PROBABLY LATE-STAGE SKARN-RELATED. THE CONTACT METASOMATIC MINERALIZATION COULD BE RELATED TO CRETACEOUS GRANODIORITE OR JURASSIC MAGMATISM COEVAL WITH THE PEAVINE SEQUENCE VOLCANIC AND SUBVOLCANIC ROCKS. OTHER SIMILAR COPPER PROSPECTS OCCUR ON PEAVINE PEAK.

Comment (Deposit): COPPER MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN LENSES OF QUARTZ AND BRECCIATED, SCHISTOSE META-ANDESITE. THE LENSES ARE PARALLEL TO THE SCHISTOSITY OF THE META-VOLCANICS. THE MAIN ORE BODY OCCURS AS OVERLAPPING LENSES IN A ZONE 200 FEET LONG AND 50 FEET DEEP, WHICH DIP 20 DEG SE (BONHAM P 80) MS 4832 SHOWS PATENTED CLAIM NAMES.

Comment (Workings): SMALL OPEN PITS AND SHORT (?) ADITS.

References

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, HF, GEOL & MIN DEP WASHOE & STOREY CO NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969

Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, TD, MIN RES, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE CO, NEV NBMG BULL 46, 1947

Reference (Deposit): HILL, JM, USGS BULL 594, 1915

Reference (Deposit): ITEM 4, MINING DIST FILE 318 (PEAVINE DIST), UNSIGNED RPT, NBMG FILES, RENO

Reference (Deposit): RED METALS MINE, PEAVINE DISTRICT, WASHOE COUNTY, GARSIDE, L.J., SAMPLE SITE VISIT 9/17/85, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

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.