| Deposit ID | 10045519 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233285 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Cloud Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.62705, 41.05323 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Elko(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rock Creek Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rock(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 | Elko |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 037N | 047E | 25,26 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -116.62705, 41.05323 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deposit Along Trough Of N. Trending Syncline. |
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Length | 457.2M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1931 |
| Year of first production | 1931 |
| District name | Ivanhoe |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233285 |
SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
BAILEY & PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 41
NELSON J. M. (1941) GEOLOGIC AND MINE MAPS OF THE SILVER CLOUD PROPERTY. N.B. OF M. MINING DIST. FILES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CINNABAR OCCURS IN A BED OF RHYOLITIC OBSIDIAN ALTERRED TO A DENSE WHITE CHALCEDONIC ROCK AND OVERLYING ASH OPALIZED FROM THE CONTACT UPWARD FOR ABOUT 10 FEET. BLANKET ORE, AND IT LOCALLY OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN LESSER AMOUNTS IN OVERLYING ASH. |
| Deposit | DISCOVERED IN 1931. THE BLANKET TYPE DEPOSIT WAS MINED BY A SMALL OPEN PIT. WITH A FEW DRIFTS AND STOPES IN THE DEEPER PORTIONS. A SERIES OF MINE MAPS AND GEOLOGIC MAPS OF THE PROPERTY ARE ON FILE W/ THE NEV. BUREAU OF MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1979 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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