Silver Cloud Mine, Ivanhoe Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USAi
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Silver Cloud Mine | Mine |
Ivanhoe Mining District | Mining District |
Elko County | County |
Nevada | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 3' 11'' North , 116° 37' 37'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Battle Mountain | 3,635 (2011) | 52.5km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Clipper; Maddeford-Smith
Structure: N Trending Syncline 1500 Ft Wide Minor Drag Folds Along Steep Normal Faults
Alteration: Silicification; Hydrothermal Alteration
Tectonics: Basin And Range
Deposit: Blanket deposit occupies 1500 ft wide N - trending syncline
Development: One 60 ton rotary, one 40 ton rotary (1943)
Geology: Pre - tertiary quartzite and chert nearly everywhere mantled by tert. Volcanics. Miocene rhyolite and andesite flows and tuff tilted, bevelled, overlain by flat - lying rhyolitic tuffs. ; geol.desc: opalized rhyolitic ash overlies chalcedonic obsidian ; reg.com: blanket deposit occupies the warped trough of the syncline
Ore(s): Opalite (Disseminated)
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
5 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Alunite Formula: KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
ⓘ Metacinnabar Formula: HgS Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
ⓘ Opal Formula: SiO2 · nH2O Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
ⓘ | Metacinnabar | 2.CB.05a | HgS |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Opal | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 · nH2O |
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | 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 | ⓘ 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 | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
S | ⓘ Metacinnabar | HgS |
K | Potassium | |
K | ⓘ Alunite | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
Hg | Mercury | |
Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
Hg | ⓘ Metacinnabar | HgS |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Bailey and Phoenix, (1944), Quicksilver Deposits in Nevada: NBMG Bull. 41
Granger, Et Al, (1957), Geology and Mineral Resources of Elko County, Nevada: NBMG Bull. 54
Holmes, (1965), Mercury in Nevada: in USBM Ic 8252
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10040301 |
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