Red Ball Mine

The Red Ball Mine is a iron mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,509 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Red Ball Mine
Secondary: Low Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2259

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Red Butte 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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Skarn Fe

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Deer Creek Thrust Fault

Type: L
Description: Wnw-Trending High Angle Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Epidote + Hematite Selvages On Fractures In Diorite

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2259, GRAB OF MAGNETITE, CONTAINS 20 % FE, 0.05 % CA, 0.03 % TI, 30 PPM MN, 200 PPM B, 50 PPM BA, 50 PPM CU-, 5 PPM MO, 15 PPM NI, 10 PPM SC, 200 PPM V.

Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jasper

Comments

Comment (Location): ON NE BLANK OF NAVAJO PEAK

Comment (Geology): HEMATITE OCCURS WITH QUARTZ, JASPER, AND CHALCEDONY IN NARROW, EAST-TRENDING VEINS IN DIORITE & VOLCS

Comment (Deposit): CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTS (LIMESTONE, GREYWACKE, CONGLOMERATE) CROP OUT IN THIS AREA, AS WELL AS THE HOST PERMIAN METAVOLCANICS AND PRE-CRETACEOUS FINE-TO-COARSE-GRAINED DIORITE. AN ORE LENS 25'X40' OCCURS 1500 FT. SOUTH OF THE MAIN VEIN, AS WELL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

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

Reference (Deposit): SHAWE, F. R., REEVES, R. G., KRAL, V. E., 1962, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, R. C.: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 53.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, 1984

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

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.