The Red Cloud Mine is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,560 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,560 Feet (1,390 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.86694, -115.48333
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Red Cloud Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Cloud Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Ballance, Richard
Home Office: 212 Bruin Way, Las Vegas, Nv. 89128
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: Sonoran Desert
Physiographic Detail: Spring Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Fault (N30w, Vertical)
Type: L
Description: Potosi Thrust Fault Underlies Deposit
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dike Altered, Limestone Dolomitized
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FINENESS OF GOLD 0.700-0.880
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chert
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN PORPHYRY AND AT CONTACT OF GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKE AND LIMESTONE. MAIN ORE FROM 3 SHOOTS. HIGHEST GOLD IN OXIDIZED PORTION OF PORPHYRY
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHAFTS, FOLLOWING PORPHYRY DIKE
References
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., ET.AL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO: NBMG BULL. 62, P. 195.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAM., NBMG, 13 FEB. 85.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEAVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO, N
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, NBMG BULL. 41.
Reference (Production): LONGWELL, ET AL, P. 195 (1965)
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD: USGS P.P. 167, P. 103-104.
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.
