The War Cloud Property is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,428 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,428 Feet (2,569 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 39.06278, -117.54556
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War Cloud Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: War Cloud Property
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jackson District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Obie La Favor And J.F. Schweble
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Shoshone Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: PAINTY FILMS, DISSEMINATED CRYSTALS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Iron-Stained Fractures.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Tuff Is Argillized.
Rocks
Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION TO CENTER OF UNSURVEYED SECTION
Comment (Development): A SINGLE-PIPE MERCURY RETORT WAS REPORTEDLY ON THE PROPERTY IN THE 1940'S. THE LATEST WORK WAS TRENCHING AND SAMPLING DONE HERE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GRANT HUNTLEY IN THE 1960'S.
Comment (Workings): 400 M OF BULLDOZER TRENCH AND A 10-M ADIT (PORTAL CAVED) AT THE NORTH END OF THE TRENCH.(1981) ALSO PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 154.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 292.
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF A PART OF THE SHOSHONE MTNS.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MAP 38.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., FIELD EXAMINATION, 9 AUG 1981
Reference (Production): BAILEY AND PHOENIX
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
