The Red Devil Mine is a mercury mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
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Red Devil Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Devil Mine
Secondary: Beowawe
Secondary: Nevada-Mexico
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Beowawe 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Nevada-Mexico Mining Co.
Years: 1928 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Discovery Year: 1924
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silizification Of Country Rock Outward From Shearzones
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Development): A 30-TON ROTARY FURNACE WAS INSTALLED IN 1928 BY THE NEVADA-MEXICO
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR IN BRECCIATED ZONES ALONG FAULTS, AS VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATIONS.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, ADITS, & CROSSCUTS ON 2 LEVELS
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN SILICITIED LIMESTONE CONGLOMERATE WHICH IS UNDERLAIN BY A SHALE UNIT. ANDESITE THAT COPS THE RIDGE TO THE WEST EXTENDED OVER THE LIMESTONE DURING THE PERIOD OF MINERALIZATION. CINNABAR IS CONCENTRATED ALONG VERTICLE FRACTURES AND RUBBLE ZONES THAT TREND N15 W THROUGH THE SILICITIED LIMESTONE CONGLOMERATE. THE MINED ORE CONSISTED OF CONGLOMERATE CONTAINING CINNABAR VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS. (BAILEY & PHOENIX, 1944). ANDESITE MAY HAVE COVERED AREA DURING TIME OF MINERALIZATION.
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY WAS DISCOVERED IN 1924 BY R.S. HARRIS AND C.M. WILKINSON, PRODUCTION TOTALED 149 PLASKS BY 1943. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 150 FT SHAFT AND 2000 FEET OF ADITS AND CROSSCUTS ON TWO LEVELS. A 30 TON ROTARY FURNACE WAS INSTALLED IN 1928 BY THE NEVADA-MEXICO MINING CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX D.A., 1944.
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.
