Red Ore #1 Mine

The Red Ore #1 Mine is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,259 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Red Ore #1 Mine
Secondary: Scossa Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2437

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Bottle Creek 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: Scossa Family
Years: 1940 -

Production

Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4-11 Lb/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1937
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Major N-Trending, Steeply Dipping Faults ; Reg.Trends: Nne

Type: L
Description: Fracturing In Dike And Wall-Rock

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dikes Are Argillized; As Well As Wall Rocks

Rocks

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2437 OF BASIC DIKE MATERIAL CONTAINS 10 % FE, 1.5 % MG, +20 % CA, 1 % TI, +5000 PPM MN, 20 PPM B, 500 PPM B-A, 50 PPM CO, 300 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 70 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 30- PPM SC, 300 PPM SR, 300 PPM V, 30 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Development): MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF THE OPEN SURFACE WORK WAS PROBABLY DONE DURING THE LAST MERCURY BOOM IN THE LATE 1960'S-EARLY- 1970'S. SERIES OF 3 DOZER CUTS ON RIDGE IN BACK OF PIT AND SL-IGHTLY N OF IT GO ALMOST TO RIDGE TOP AND ARE SEVERAL HUNDRED -FEET LONG. THESE TRENCHES ARE WHERE NASSAU HAS DONE THEIR GOLD- EXPLORATION WORK. THEY FOUND MINOR AMOUNTS OF GOLD.

Comment (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITS OCCUR IN FRACTURED DIABASE DIKES. WEST DIKE IS 3200 FT LONG; EAST DIKE 1800 FT. (INCLUDES BIRTHDAY MINE). BASIC DIKE IS FULL OF CALCITE CLASTS AND VEINLETS AND FE OXIDE CLASTS.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: HOT-SPRING HG.

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFTS, OPENCUTS, ADITS. OLD SHAFTS AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, AND WHERE THEY ONCE WERE IS NOW OPEN PIT APPROXIMATELY -300 FT LONG (N-S) BY 300 FT WIDE (E-W), MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS. BE-TWEEN THIS AREA AND WHITE PEAKS MINE IS THE OLD BLUE BUCKET MI-NE, WHICH COULD NOT BE LOCATED FOR CERTAIN AS THERE ARE NUMERO-US PITS, TRENCHES, AND DOZER CUTS THROUGHOUT THE INTERVENING A-REA. BOTTOM OF PIT IS FULL OF WATER.

Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS ALONG HANGING WALL ; GEOL.DESC: DIABASE DIKES CUT MIO - PLIO SEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND BASALT

Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERY WAS MADE BY JAMES AND ARNOLD SCOSSA IN 1937, AND WAS JOINTLY WORKED WITH THE WHITE PEAKS MINE BY LESSEES. INTERMITTENT DEVELOPMENT IN THE LATE 30'S AND EARLY 40'S RESULTED IN SHALLOW SHAFTS, OPENCUTS, AND SHORT ADITS. DETRITAL MATERIAL IN THE VICINITY OF THE SHAFTS CONTAINS NUGGETS OF CINNABAR UP TO 1/2-INCH IN DIAMETER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Location): 1 MILE SW OF WHITE PEAKS MINE; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BOTTLE CREEK (1961) 1:625000

Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION: RECORDED WITH WHITE PEAKS MINE.

References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BOTTLE CREEK DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; USGS. BULL 922-A.

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES. BULL. 41

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.

Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-14-84.

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

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.