Mine detail: Red Cloud Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.86694, -115.48417

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Chert, Dolomite, Limonite, Pyrite, Sericite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Bird Spring Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Dolomite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Fault (N30w, Vertical), Potosi Thrust Fault Underlies Deposit
Alteration processes:	Dike Altered, Limestone Dolomitized

References

MRDS	M242237
DEP	10046999
Reference	{Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD: USGS P.P. 167, P. 103-104.}{Deposit:: LONGWELL, C.R., ET.AL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO: NBMG BULL. 62, P. 195.}{Deposit:: SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAM., NBMG, 13 FEB. 85.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEAVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO, N}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, NBMG BULL. 41.}{Production:: LONGWELL, ET AL, P. 195 (1965)}
Reporter	Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)