Mine detail: Red Devil Mine

Previously called 'BeowaweNevada-Mexico'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.57074, -116.47149

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1924

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1925

Geology

Host rock:	Valmy Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Associated type:	Andesite
Alteration processes:	Silizification Of Country Rock Outward From Shearzones

References

MRDS	M232224
DEP	10044668
Reference	BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX D.A., 1944.
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.