Mine detail: Red Bird Group

Previously called 'Silverado'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.3349, -116.20982

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury
Gangue:	Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1940

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	TO 1942

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Tuff
Structure:	Shear Zone
Alteration processes:	Argillization

References

MRDS	M055369
DEP	10040550
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.