| Deposit ID | 10044175 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231536 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Clifford Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Helena |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.48034, 38.13938 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1878 |
| Relative position | 7 MILES SW OF WARM SPRINGS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nye(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Warm Springs Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Nye |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 003N | 049E | 03 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Proustite | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Stephanite | Ore |
| Jarosite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 150 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25c |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Comstock |
| Mark3 model number | 16 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -116.48034, 38.13938 |
|---|
| General form | PIPES AND BUNCHES |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1906 |
| Discoverer | James And Ed Clifford |
| District name | Clifford District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. B. Naismith, Western Gold Corp. |
| First year | 1925 |
| Last year | 1946 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231536 |
KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 42-43
FERGUSON, H.G., 1916, THE GOLDEN ARROW, CLIFFORD, AND ELLENDALE DISTRICTS: USGS BULL. 640-F, P. 121-122.
NBMG FILE 220, ITEM 1.
NBMG FILE 220, ITEM 2.
KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY, 1980
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE ZONE IS 125 FT BY 70 FT THE SHEARED FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE WAS HEAVILY PYRITIZED, BUT THE ORE WAS ENTIRELY WITHIN THE AGGLOMERATE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1980 | Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1982 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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