The Red Bird Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.52667, -116.00583
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Red Bird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Bird Mine
Secondary: Eagle Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Railroad
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Nevada-Bunker Hill Mining Co.
Years: 1908 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulting, Folding
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Lead
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE EAGLE LODE CLAIM
Comment (Workings): 250' ADIT, 200' ADIT, RAISE
Comment (Geology): GOSSAN PRESENT
Comment (Deposit): THE RED BIRD MINES OF THE BUNKER HILL GROUP, IS DEVELOPED BY A 250' ADIT ON A STEEPLY DIPPING LODE. A SECOND ADIT LIES 80' BELOW, AND IT IS 200' LONG; A RAISE CONNECTS THE TWO. THE LODE IS 4' WIDE AND CARRIES LEAD AND SILVER. THE WORKINGS ARE ALSO DEVELOPED BY AN INCLINE ON A 3' WIDE FISSURE IN LIMESTONE. THE LEAD-SILVER ORE OCCURS IN A FISSURE IN LIMESTONE. THE PROPERTY WAS OPERATING IN 1908, AND IS PART OF THE BUNKER HILL GROUP OF THE NEVADA BUNKER HILL MINING COMPANY. THE MINE IS LOCATED ON THE NW SLOPE OF A NE TRENDING SPUR OF BUNKER HILL NEAR THE COPPER BELL MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W. H., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER, AND EURELSA COUNTIES,NEVADA. USGS BULLETIN 408.
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, A. E., ET ALL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, NBM BULLETIN 54.
Reference (Deposit): KETNER, K. B., AND SMITH, JR., J. F., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE RAILROAD MINING DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS BULLETIN 1162-B
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.
