Red Rock Mine

The Red Rock Mine is a mercury mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,359 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Red Rock Mine
Secondary: Chrysler

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Fish Lake Valley (White Mountain) District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Dunnigan, Walter F.
Years: 1944 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1914
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: OTHER - TROUGH

Structure

Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silification, Clay

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Limonite
Ore: Stibiconite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Barite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): MINE LIES IN A SMALL ROOF PENDANT OF PALEOZOIC METAMORPHIC ROCKS ENGULFED IN A GRANITIC BATHOLITH

Comment (Deposit): INTERSECTION OF FAULT AND GOUGE ZONE FORMS AN INVERTED TROUGH, BENEATH WHICH MOST OF THE MINED ORE WAS CONCENTRATED. CINNABAR OCCURS AS CRYSTALLINE SEAMS FILLING CRACKS IN THE BROKEN ZONE OF SILICEOUS ROCK, AND AS COATINGS OF "PAINT" ON ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF THE SAME ROCK. HIGH-GRADE LENSES OF CRYSTALLINE CINNABAR OCCUR LOCALLY WITHIN THE FAULT ZONE

Comment (Workings): 2 MAIN LEVELS: THE UPPER LEVEL ABOUT 1250 FT. LONG IS CONNECTED BY A STOPE TO A 100 FT BY 75 FT. GLORY HOLE. THE LOWER LEVEL, 80 FT BELOW THE UPPER ONE, IS ABOUT 480 FT LONG AND CONNECTED TO THE UPPER ONE BY A RAISE. WORKINGS INCLUDE 2 OPEN PITS AND SEVERAL SHORT ADITS.

Comment (Location): ABOUT 2 MILES S 10 E OF THE B&B MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Production): THERE HAS BEEN MORE PRODUCTION SINCE 1943.

Comment (Development): LOCATED FOR SILVER IN 1914, FOR QUICKSILVER IN 1927. 4 CLAIMS, ACQUIRED BY GEORGE DUNNIGAN IN 1928, WHO LEASED IT TO E.F. GOOD AND J.L. MCKINNEY. GOOD BOUGHT OUT MCKINNEY'S INTEREST AND PRODUCED OVER 1000 FLASKS FROM RETORTS AND A SMALL ROTARY FURNACE BETWEEN NOV. 1928 AND JAN, 1931. IN 1931, 200 FLASKS WERE RECOVERED BY LESSEES, AND 130 FLASKS WERE PRODUCED FROM INTERMITTENT WORKING FROM 1932 TO 1939. IN 1939, FRED VOLLMER OF CALUMET GOLD MINES OBTAINED A FIVE-YEAR LEASE AND HAD RECOVERD 435 FLASKS BY 1942.

References

Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NEV.; N.B.M.G. BULL. 78

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38, NO. 5, GEOL & MIN. SER. NO. 41. P. 72-73

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 15 AUGUST 1982.

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, NBMG BULL 61, P. 66.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP GO-1078, 1973.

Reference (Production): BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A. (1944) P. 73.

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.