The Redbird Mine is a iron mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,110 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,110 Feet (2,472 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 41.30278, -118.42139
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Redbird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Redbird Mine
Secondary: Redbird Prospect
Secondary: Humboldt Mine Probably Part of It
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Jackson Mountains District; Jackson Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: ORE-FE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 61-70% Fe
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
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: Volcanic-hosted magnetite
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ceer Creek Thrust
Type: L
Description: North-Trending, Steep-Dipping Faults (Post-Org)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2 GRAB SAMPLES YIELDED 67-70.5% FE WT%
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF IRON KING MINE
Comment (Production): 21,400 LONG TONS ORE, 267-71% FE, TO END OF 1957
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT ALONG FAULTS
Comment (Workings): SMALL OPEN CUTS
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY APPARENTLY FOR QUITE SOME TIME (1984)
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1953. OREBODIES RANGE FROM 5 TO 25 FEET WIDE, AND ARE ELONGATE, TRENDING NORTH TO NORTH-WEST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59.
Reference (Deposit): SHAWE, F.R.; REEVES, R.G.; KRAL, V.E.; 1962; IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, PT. C: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 53
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1963, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE JACKSON MOUNTAINS, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1141-D.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B., 12 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Production): WILLDEN, R., 1964
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.
