Red Devil Mine

The Red Devil Mine is a mercury mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.

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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

Name: Red Devil Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 40.57083, -116.47056

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.