Governor Mine (Hunt property; Silver Fox Mine; Combination Mine; Florence Mine; Portland claims), Ivanhoe Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 8' 40'' North , 116° 37' 12'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
41290
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:41290:7
GUID (UUID V4):
2bd7aae0-0441-4e5b-addd-d06ce1dba868
Structure: Minor Drag Folds Along Steep Normal Faults
Alteration: Silicification
Tectonics: Basin And Range
Deposit: Ore bodies dip steeply along fault and lie flat in opalite
Geology: Geol.desc: pretertiary quartzite and chert nearly everywhere mantled by tert. Volcanics. Miocene rhyolite and andesite flows and tuff tilted, bevelled, overlain by flat - lying rhyolitic tuffs.
Ore(s): Fracture Filling And Dissemination Along Fractures And A Steep Fault In Opalite.
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5 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Alunite Formula: KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS |
ⓘ Opal Formula: SiO2 · nH2O |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
ⓘ | Opal | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 · nH2O |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
ⓘ | Alunite | 7.BC.10 | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Alunite | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
H | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Alunite | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Alunite | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Alunite | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
K | Potassium | |
K | ⓘ Alunite | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Hg | Mercury | |
Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10040303 |
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