Mine detail: Red Hills Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.65604, -114.41086

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Gold, Zinc
Tertiary: Bismuth
Ore: Bismuthinite, Galena, Lead, Malachite, Smithsonite
Gangue: Calcite, Hematite, Rhodochrosite
Orebody form: LENS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Quartzite,Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:Faultsshear Zone, Fracture System.
Alteration processes:Jasperoidization

References

MRDSM031252
DEP10037288
Reference{Deposit:: HILL, JAMES M 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO BULL 648}{Deposit:: HOSE, R. K., BLAKE, M. C., JR., AND SMITH, R., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES., BULL 85}{Deposit:: USBM, 1983, MILS DATA}{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J.V., 1980, FIELD NOTES FROM FIELD EXAMINATION ON MAY 16, 1980.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.,RENO,NEVADA.}{Deposit:: TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA; PREPARED FOR BLM.}{Deposit:: COUCH, B.F. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NBMG BULL 38, P. 150.}
ReporterGiorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)