Mine detail: Red Rock Mine

Previously called 'Chrysler'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.85521, -118.24288

Resource(B)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Barium-Barite, Antimony, Iron
Ore: Barite, Cinnabar, Limonite, Stibiconite, Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: OTHER - TROUGH
Discovery year: 1914

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Palmetto
Host type:Quartzite,Marble
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Ne-Trending Fault
Alteration processes:Silification, Clay

References

MRDSM242406
DEP10047154
Reference{Deposit:: ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO., NEV.; N.B.M.G. BULL. 78}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38, NO. 5, GEOL & MIN. SER. NO. 41. P. 72-73}{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 15 AUGUST 1982.}{Deposit:: LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, NBMG BULL 61, P. 66.}{Deposit:: USGS MAP GO-1078, 1973.}{Production:: BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX, D.A. (1944) P. 73.}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)