Mine detail: Red Hills Mine

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Location: White Pine County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.65604, -114.41086
dep_id: 10037288
mrds_id: M031252
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Copper, Gold, Zinc
Trace mineral: Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bismuthinite, Galena, Lead, Malachite, Smithsonite
gangue: Calcite, Hematite, Rhodochrosite
orebody_fm: LENS
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
alteration: Jasperoidization
conc_proc: Oxidation Near Surface
ore_ctrl: 20-Ft Zone Of Brecciated Limestone Striking N10e, Dipping 55-70w; Fault Zone At N. Workings.
Reporter: Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure: Faultsshear Zone, Fracture System.
References:
  • 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.
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