The Silver Cloud is a silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 7,451 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,451 Feet (2,271 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.33222, -112.22250
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Silver Cloud MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Cloud
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Camp Floyd District (Mercur)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR VEINING
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fracture Zone (N 50 E, 70 Nw),Beds (N 60 E, 27 Se)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PICKED SAMPLE 25.9 OZ/TON AG, 0.04 OZ/TON AU.
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 800 FT OF WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): IN THE SILVER LEDGE CHERT ZONE
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR,J. & EMMONS,S.F., 1895, USGS 16TH ANN. REPORT, PT. 2, P. 386.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 173
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