Mine detail: Red Boy Group

Previously called 'Redboy'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.13157, -116.53927

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, DISSEMINATED HG

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Alluvium,Volcanic Ash,Rhyolite
Structure:Small North-Trending Faults, Shear Zone
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM055237
DEP10040448
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: GRANGER, ET AL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 54}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S., Marcus, Susan