Mine detail: Red Rock Mine

Previously called 'Chrysler'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.85576, -118.24288

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Secondary:	Antimony
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Barite, Clay, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Stibiconite, Stibnite
Discovery year:	1927

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1928-1935, 1937-1949

Geology

Host rock:	Palmetto Formation;Marble
Host type:	Phyllite,Limestone
Associated rock:	Adamellite And Granite Of Pellisier Flats
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Reg.Trends: Nw, Thrust Fault And Normal Fault (N60e,75s)
Tectonic:	Basin And Range/Cordillieran Boundary
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055010
DEP	10040299
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61}{Deposit:: ROBINSON AND CROWDER, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA AND MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS MAP GQ - 1078.}{Deposit:: 5) ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78}{Deposit:: 1951 DIREXPL DMEA}{Deposit:: 1954 DIREXPL DMEA, FOUND NO SIGNIFICANT ORE}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)