Mine detail: Red Ore #1 Mine

Previously called 'Scossa MineNBMG Sample Site 2437'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.35099, -118.3296

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Gold
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1937

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1937

Geology

Host rock:	Tuffs And Clays;Tuffs, Conglomerate And Sandstone
Host type:	Diabase,Tuff
Associated rock:	Diabase Dikes;Basalt
Associated type:	Diabase
Structure:	Major N-Trending, Steeply Dipping Faults ; Reg.Trends: Nne, Fracturing In Dike And Wall-Rock
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Dikes Are Argillized; As Well As Wall Rocks

References

MRDS	M055031
DEP	10040316
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE BOTTLE CREEK DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; USGS. BULL 922-A.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES. BULL. 41}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.}{Deposit:: JONES, R. B., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-14-84.}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Lapointe, D.D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)