Mine detail: Red Devil Mine

Previously called 'BeowaweNevada-Mexico'

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.57074, -116.47149
dep_id: 10044668
mrds_id: M232224
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 177: Hot-spring Hg
alteration: Silizification Of Country Rock Outward From Shearzones
ore_ctrl: Brecciated Zones Along Faults
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Valmy Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
arock_type: Andesite
Year first produced: 1925
disc_yr: 1924
discr: R.S. Harris And C.M. Wilkinson
References:
  • BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX D.A., 1944.
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