The Red Robin Mine is a mercury and gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.32361, -117.53083
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Red Robin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Robin Mine
Secondary: 3 Red Robin Claims Are A Southern Part of the Friday Group
Secondary: Alta Mozelle No. 42
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mount Tobin 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
Owner Name: K. N. Meador?
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1945
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local Areas Of Argillic Alteration And Iron-Staining
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Development): THIS AREA HAS BEEN RESTAKED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THE 1940'S, AND IT IS DIFFICULT NOW TO ASCERTAIN THE LIMITS OF THE PREVIOUS CLAIMS. IN 1957, THE AREA WAS LOCATED BY CLYDE GARRETT AS A BLOCK INCLUDING THE CAMP SITE, LUCKY DAY, GRAND VIEW AND FULL MOON CLAIMS. IN 1959, K.N, MEADOR JOINED GARRETT TO EXPLORE THE GROUND, WHICH WAS HELD JOINTLY UNTIL 1962. IN 1972, THE GROUND WAS RELOCATED BY MEADOR WHO FILED A MAP OF THE FRIDAY GROUP ACCURATELY LOCATING THE RED ROBIN CLAIMS AND HE HELD TITLE AT LEAST TO 1976. IN 1980, A CLAIM NOTICE WAS SEEN ON THE PROPERTY INDICATING IT HAD BEEN RESTAKED THE YEAR BEFORE AS THE ALTA MOZELLE NO. 42, WHICH IS DOUBTLESS ONE OF A LARGE GROUP OF GOLD CLAIMS, PROBABLY HELD BY QUEENSTAKE NOW (1984).
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, SHORT BULLDOZER CUTS
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1940'S
Comment (Commodity): ALTHOUGH NO CINNABAR WAS SEEN IN EXPOSURES, PANNING OF A COMPOSITE DUMP SAMPLE YIELDED OVER 100 GRAINS
Comment (Location): 0.5 MILE S OF MT. TOBIN MINE AT THE TOP OF A SPUR RIDGE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA
Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED REPORT BY QUEENSTAKE ON MOUNT TOBIN GOLD-SILVER PROSPECT, 1984
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.
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.
