The Red Bird Group is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 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: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.09806, -115.55111
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Red Bird Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Bird Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Willow Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Perkins, Joe F.
Home Office: Overton
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Quinn Canyon Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Minor Shears
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization Of Limestone Near Adit Portal
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A TEST SHIPMENT IN 1925 CONTAIN $97/TON IN LEAD AND SILVER.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 230 FT CROSS-CUT ADIT AND A SHORT ADIT. WITH INCLINED WINZE.
Comment (Geology): DISCONTINUOUS QUARTZ VEINLETS NEAR COLLAR OF WINZE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 217
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.
