The Red Bluff Mine is a uranium mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Red Bluff Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Bluff Mine
Secondary: Delongchamps Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Pyramid 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Volcanogenic U
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
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
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Montmorillonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE DISCOVERED IN 1954, LEASED TO HOMES TAKE MINING CO IN 1955, INSUFFICIENT ORE RESERVES FOUND TO JUSTIFY LARGE OPERATION. SINCE 1955, HAS BEEN OPERATED BY A NUMBER OF LESSEES. PUBLISHED PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE UNAVAILABLE, BUT AT LEAST ONE CARLOAD OF ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1966. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN AND ADJACENT TO A DIABASE DIKE WHICH INTRUDES WELDED ASH FLOW TUFF OF HARTFORD HILL RHYOLITE. FOOTWALL CONTACT HAS BEEN FAULTED. HIGHER GRADE ORE OCCURS IN SHOOTS WITHIN WELDED TUFF IN FOOTWALL OF FAULT.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ CRYSTALS IN MINERALIZED WELDED TUFF ARE DARK, NEARLY BLACK, PROBABLY DUE TO RADIATION DAMAGE. (BONHOM, P 86)
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H F, GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE & STOREY CO'S, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 1969
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L J RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCUR IN NEVADA NBMG BULL 81, 1973
Reference (Deposit): US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM, PRELIM RECON RPT 3780
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.
