Nevada · Eureka County
Past Producer
Red Devil Mine
Eureka County, Nevada, United States
Mercury
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Description
R.S. Harris And C.M. Wilkinson
Commodities
Primary
Mercury
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Model
177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
TABULAR
Ore control
Brecciated Zones Along Faults
Materials
Ore minerals
Cinnabar
Geology
Host rock
Quartzite,Shale,Limestone · Valmy Formation
Associated rock
Andesite
Alteration
Silizification Of Country Rock Outward From Shearzones
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1925
Discovery year
1924
Identification
Deposit ID
10044668
MRDS ID
M232224
Alternate names
Beowawe, Nevada-Mexico
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
40.57074, -116.47149
References
BAILEY, E.H. AND PHOENIX D.A., 1944.