The Red Light Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,270 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,270 Feet (2,216 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.79389, -117.72278
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Red Light Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Light Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District (1865) ; Mineral Ridge District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: John Chiatovich
Years: 1906 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1888
Discovery Year: 1888
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: Post-Ore Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): ORE WAS WORKED IN CHIATOVICH'S MILL AT SILVER PEAK
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL OVERLAPPING QUARTZ LENSES WHICH PINCH AND SWELL ALONG BEDDING PLANES IN LIMESTONE SCHIST
Comment (Workings): IRREGULAR, FLAT DRIFTS AND STOPES; 35-FT SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): ORE IS IN BEDDING-PLANE REPLACEMENTS OF QUARTZ ASSOCIATED WITH CONCORDANT INTRUSION OF ALASKITE BODIES.
Comment (Location): JUST WEST OF THE VALCALDE GROUP
Comment (Production): THE FIRST 80 TONS OF NEAR-SURFACE ORE WAS SOMEWHAT ENRICHED BY OXIDATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1906: USGS PROF. PAPER 55.
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG. BULL. 78
Reference (Production): SPURR, J.E., (1906), P. 60.
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.
