The Red Monster Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,598 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.82861, -117.75917
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Red Monster Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Monster Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District (1865)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1892
Year Last Production: 1899
Discovery Year: 1892
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Some Crushing Of Ore
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 13-FT DEEP INCLINE WITH A 60-FT. LONG DRIFT AT THE BOTTOM.
Comment (Geology): SHEETS OF ALTERNATING LIMESTONE SCHIST AND ALASKITE OCCUR
Comment (Location): UTM IS TO END OF ROAD SHOWN ON TOPO TO MINE, 0.9 MILE NW OF TARANTULA SPRING.
Comment (Production): EARLY PRODUCTION UNKNOWN, BUT 9 TONS SHIPPED IN 1892 AND 1 CARLOAD IN 1899 SHIPPED TO THE SELBY SMELTER. TOTAL PRE-1906 PRODUCTION ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $300.00 WORTH (1906 PRICES).
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ LENSES IN SCHIST
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER NO. 55
Reference (Production): SPURR, J.E., (1906) P. 66., P. 35.
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.
