Mine detail: Silver Cloud Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.05323, -116.62705

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Discovery year:	1931

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1931

Geology

Host type:	Obsidian
Structure:	Deposit Along Trough Of N. Trending Syncline.
Alteration processes:	Silica Replacement-Formation Of S Opalite

References

MRDS	M233285
DEP	10045519
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT}{Deposit:: BAILEY & PHOENIX (1944) QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 41}{Deposit:: NELSON J. M. (1941) GEOLOGIC AND MINE MAPS OF THE SILVER CLOUD PROPERTY. N.B. OF M. MINING DIST. FILES}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.