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War Cloud Property

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040486
MRDS ID M055290
Record type Site
Current site name War Cloud Property
Related records 10270804

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.5465, 39.0627 (WGS84)
Elevation 2569
Relative position NEAR THE HEAD OF BONITA CANYON; 0.89 MILES NE OF SOUTH SHOSHONE PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Shoshone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 039E 24;01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO CENTER OF UNSURVEYED SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Iron Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Tuff Is Argillized.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.5465, 39.0627
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Iron-Stained Fractures.

Ore body information

  • General form PAINTY FILMS, DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS
    Strike N75W
    Dip 75SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs Within A 3 To 4 Ft Wide Fault Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jackson District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Obie La Favor And J.F. Schweble

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 M OF BULLDOZER TRENCH AND A 10-M ADIT (PORTAL CAVED) AT THE NORTH END OF THE TRENCH.(1981) ALSO PITS

Comments on development

  • A SINGLE-PIPE MERCURY RETORT WAS REPORTEDLY ON THE PROPERTY IN THE 1940'S. THE LATEST WORK WAS TRENCHING AND SAMPLING DONE HERE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GRANT HUNTLEY IN THE 1960'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 154.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 292.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF A PART OF THE SHOSHONE MTNS.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MAP 38.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., FIELD EXAMINATION, 9 AUG 1981

  • Production

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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