| Deposit ID | 10046999 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242237 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Red Cloud Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.48417, 35.86694 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1390 |
| Relative position | 4 MILES NW OF GOODSPRINGS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clark(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Goodsprings(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Ivanpah-Pahrump 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 | Clark |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 024S | 058E | 17 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Chert | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | FINENESS OF GOLD 0.700-0.880 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -115.48417, 35.86694 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fault (N30w, Vertical) |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Potosi Thrust Fault Underlies Deposit |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Goodsprings District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ballance, Richard |
| Home office | 212 Bruin Way, Las Vegas, Nv. 89128 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242237 |
HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD: USGS P.P. 167, P. 103-104.
LONGWELL, C.R., ET.AL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO: NBMG BULL. 62, P. 195.
SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAM., NBMG, 13 FEB. 85.
LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEAVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO, N
BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, NBMG BULL. 41.
LONGWELL, ET AL, P. 195 (1965)
| 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 |
| 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 |
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