The Red Cloud is a mine located in Riverside county, California.
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Mine Info
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Red Cloud MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Cloud
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Riverside
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Salton Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1.05 - 1.66% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE IS EVIDENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH A RHYOLITIC PORPHYRY PLUG ON CONTACT WITH QTZ.-FELDSPAR ROCK IN GNEISSOID GRANITE.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL DRIVEN N 30 W FOR 244 FT., 144 FT. FROM PORTED 6 FT. OF SCHEELITE ORE WAS FOUND ON FOOTWALL OF QTZ. VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): F. J. SCOTT FOUND SCHEELITE ORE ON THE DUMP OF THE TUNNEL LOCATED 500 FT. NORTH OF THE GREAT WESTERN SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1945; MINERAL RESOURCES RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 157
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