Mine detail: Clifford Mine

Previously called 'Helena'

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Location: Nye County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.13938, -116.48034
dep_id: 10044175
mrds_id: M231536
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cerargyrite, Gold, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Stephanite
gangue: Jarosite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PIPES AND BUNCHES
model: 150: Epithermal vein, Comstock
alteration: Silicification, Leached Rhyolitic Volcanics
conc_proc: Enrichment Of Sulfide Ores By Surface Waters
ore_ctrl: The Ore Is Control By A Vertical Fault With Andesite In Contact With Rhyolite Agglomerate.
Reporter: Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)
hrock_type: Rhyolite,Andesite
arock_type: Rhyolite,Andesite
disc_yr: 1906
discr: James And Ed Clifford
References:
  • Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 42-43
  • Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.G., 1916, THE GOLDEN ARROW, CLIFFORD, AND ELLENDALE DISTRICTS: USGS BULL. 640-F, P. 121-122.
  • Deposit:: NBMG FILE 220, ITEM 1.
  • Deposit:: NBMG FILE 220, ITEM 2.
  • Production:: KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY, 1980
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