Red Robin Mine

The Red Robin Mine is a mercury and gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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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.