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Red Cloud Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Mercury
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046999
MRDS ID M242237
Record type Site
Current site name Red Cloud Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.48417, 35.86694 (WGS84)
Elevation 1390
Relative position 4 MILES NW OF GOODSPRINGS
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024S 058E 17 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Chert Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dike Altered, Limestone Dolomitized

Analytical data

Result FINENESS OF GOLD 0.700-0.880

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bird Spring Formation
    Rock description Bird Spring Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.48417, 35.86694
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Fault (N30w, Vertical)
Local Potosi Thrust Fault Underlies Deposit

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Porphyry And Limestone

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goodsprings District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ballance, Richard
    Home office 212 Bruin Way, Las Vegas, Nv. 89128

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS, FOLLOWING PORPHYRY DIKE

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M242237

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD: USGS P.P. 167, P. 103-104.

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C.R., ET.AL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO: NBMG BULL. 62, P. 195.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAM., NBMG, 13 FEB. 85.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEAVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO, N

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, NBMG BULL. 41.

  • Production

    LONGWELL, ET AL, P. 195 (1965)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN PORPHYRY AND AT CONTACT OF GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKE AND LIMESTONE. MAIN ORE FROM 3 SHOOTS. HIGHEST GOLD IN OXIDIZED PORTION OF PORPHYRY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology