USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Elko County
Red Bird Mine
Mindat Confirmed Lead Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko
- Mining district
- Railroad
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- Eagle Mine
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Faulting, Folding Deposit: The red bird mines of the bunker hill group, is developed by a 250' adit on a steeply dipping lode. A second adit lies 80' below, and it is 200' long; a raise connects the two. The lode is 4' wide and carries lead…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 250 ft, 80 ft, 200 ft long.
Mindat -
Raise
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 250 ft, 80 ft, 200 ft long.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 3 shaft symbols
- 8 adit symbols
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: re: Faulting, Folding Deposit: The red bird mines of the bunker hill group, is developed by a 250' adit on a steeply dipping lode. A… -
Raise
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: oped by a 250' adit on a steeply dipping lode. A second adit lies 80' below, and it is 200' long; a raise connects the two. The lode…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Nevada-Bunker Hill Mining Co. · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Quartz
- Galena
- Lead
- Calcite
- commodity:Lead
View all 14 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Hematite
- Limonite
- Quartz
- Galena
- Lead
- Calcite
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- Galena
- Hematite
- Limestone
- Limonite
- Quartz
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (3)
- mapped adit symbols (8)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 41515
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (8)
- underground workings
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